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Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum : or, a general English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their Original from other Ancient and Modern Languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical, viz. Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Physick, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry, Pharmacy, Botanicks, Mathematicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, Logick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Traffick, Husbandry, Gardening, Handicrafts, Confectionery, Cookery, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, &c. To which is Added, A Large Collection of Words and Phrases, as well Latin as English, made use of in our Ancient Statutes; Old Records, Charters, Writs, and Processes at Law, never before publish'd in so Small a Volume: Besides an Interpretation of the proper Names of Men and Women, and several other Remarkable Particulars mentioned in the Preface. The Whole Work Compil'd, and Methodically Digested, for the Benefit of Young Students, Tradesmen, Artificers, Foreigners, and others, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By John Kersey, Philobibl.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kersey, John, fl. 1720.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Dictionaries--Early works to 1800.
English language.
Genre:
Dictionaries.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([696]p. )
Edition:
The third edition, corrected and enlarged.
Other Title:
Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum
Place of Publication:
London : printed for J. Phillips, at the King's-Arms, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, J. Taylor, at the Ship and Black-Swan, in Pater-Noster-Row, and administrat of H. Rhodes, MDCCXXI. [1721]
Notes:
"An unconfessed abridgement of Kersey's revision of Edward Phillip's dictionary" (Alston).
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
Alston, . 93
English Short Title Catalog, T133238.
OCLC:
642374515

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