Just published, the second edition, with additions, of a new general English dictionary; peculiarly calculated for the use and improvement of such as are unacquainted with the learned languages. Wherein the difficult words, and technical terms made use of in anatomy, architecture, arithmetick, algebra, astronomy, botany, chymistry, divinity, gardening, grammar, hawking, heraldry, history, horsemanship, hunting, husbandry, law, logick, mathematicks, mechanicks, milit. affairs, musick, navigation, painting, poetry, rhetorick, sculpture, surgery, &c. Are not only fully explain'd, but accented on their proper syllables, to prevent a vicious pronunciation; and mark'd with initial letters, to denote the part of speech, to which each word peculiarly belongs. To which is prefixed, a compendious English grammar, with general rules for the ready formation of one part of speech from another; by the due application whereof, such as understand English only, may be able to write as correctly and elegantly,

People / Organizations

• Richard Ware I (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for Richard Ware, at the Bible and Sun in Warwick-Lane, Amen-Corner, MDCCXXXVII. [1737]

Publication year

1737

ESTC No.

T193223

Grub Street ID

227433

Description

[4]p. ; 8°.

Note

Before the "Just" are three asterisks in a reversed pyramid

In fact a bookseller's catalogue; on p. [2]: 'Books printed for Richard Ware, at the Bible and Sun in Amen-Corner'; first line of text on that page is "1. Dyche's Guide to the English tongue. In two"

Price in square brackets: (Price 6s.)