"A selected, pronouncing and accented dictionary: Comprising a selection of the choicest words found in the best English authors. : Being an abridgement of the most useful dictionaries now extant; together with the addition of a number of words now in vogue not found in any dictionary. : In which the definitions are concisely given, the words so divided as to lead to the present mode of pronunciation, and by a typographical character, the sound of the vowels and accented syllables are distinctly pointed out; and the parts of speech noted and explained for the use of schools in America. / By John Elliott, Pastor of the Church in East-Guilford, and Samuel Johnson, Junr. Author of the School Dictionary." ; In addition to the above, the work contains some general observations on the derivation of words, and an explanation of the inseparable prepositions, together with a table correcting common errors in spelling and pronunciation[.].

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Elliott, John, 1768-1824.

Contributor:

Johnson, Samuel, Jun'r, 1757-1836.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37356.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dictionaries.

English language.

English language--Pronunciation--Dictionaries.

English language--Pronunciation.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

32, 203 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 11 x 13 cm (16 mo)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Edition:

The second edition. Published according to act of Congress.

Place of Publication:

Suffield [Conn]: : Printed by Edward Gray, for Oliver D. & I Cook [that is, Cooke], and sold by them in sheets, or bound, at their book store Hartford, 1800.

Notes:

Printed in two columns.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37356).

Cited in:

Evans 37356

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 681

OCLC:

55821296