An English Dictionary (1676): Explaining the Difficult Terms That are Used in Divinity, Husbandry, Physick, Phylosophy, Law, Navigation, Mathematicks, and Other Arts and Sciences. Containing Many Thousands of Hard Words (and Proper Names of Places) More Than are in Any Other English Di - Hardcover

Coles, Elisha

 
9781584775959: An English Dictionary (1676): Explaining the Difficult Terms That are Used in Divinity, Husbandry, Physick, Phylosophy, Law, Navigation, Mathematicks, and Other Arts and Sciences. Containing Many Thousands of Hard Words (and Proper Names of Places) More Than are in Any Other English Di
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1584775955 ISBN 13: 9781584775959
Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2019

Synopsis

Containing around 25,000 definitions, many of them dealing with legal topics, this was the largest English dictionary of the late-seventeenth century. An innovative work, it was the first to recognize the importance of slang. In addition, it offers lists of dialect words and obsolete terms and the names of market towns and European cities. It also discusses the proper names and histories of classical figures.

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Publisher
Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1584775955
ISBN 13 
9781584775959
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
314