Nathan Bailey, Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1737)
Date
1737
Lexicographer
Book title
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary: CONTAINING An Additional Collection of Words (not in the first Volume) with their Explications and Etymologies from the Ancient British, Teutonick, Dutch, Saxon, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, &c. each in its proper Character. ALSO An Explication of hard and technical Words, or Terms, in all ARTS and SCIENCES; with ACCENTS directing to their proper Pronunciation, shewing both the Orthography and Orthoepia of the English Tongue. Illustrated with above Five Hundred CUTS, giving a
clearer Idea of those Figures, not so well apprehended by verbal Description. LIKEWISE A Collection and Explanation of WORDS and PHRASES us'd in our ancient Charters, Statutes, Writs, Old Records and Processes at Law. ALSO The Theogony, Theology, and Mythology of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, &c. being an Account of their Deities, Solemnities, Divinations, Auguries, Oracles, Hieroglyphicks, and many other curious Matters, necessary to be understood, especially by the Readers of English
POETRY. To which is added, An additional Collection of proper Names of Persons and Places in Great Britain, amp;c. with their Etymologies and Explications. The Whole digested into an Alphabetical Order, not only for the Information of the Ignorant, but the Entertainment of the Curious; and
also the Benefit of Artificers, Tradesmen, Young Students and Foreigners. A WORK useful for such as would UNDERSTAND what they READ and HEAR, SPEAK what they MEAN, and WRITE
true ENGLISH.
Edition
3rd edn.
Publication place
London
Publisher
Thomas Cox
Transcription source
Poor OCR of original book at the University of Toronto's Robarts Library, UTL at Downsview Mar 24, 2015 LaE.D B155u.2 (now at Internet Archive).
Text type
printed book
Genre
General English Dictionaries and Glossaries
Subject area
- canting
- etymology
- place name
Summary
Includes 12,909 etymologies.
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
other languages: Greek, Hebrew, Saxon, French, etc.
explanations: English
explanations: English
other languages: Greek, Hebrew, Saxon, French, etc.
explanations: English
Extent
900
Word-group
type: alphabetical
number: 70
number: 70
Word-entry
type: headword
number: 21983
sample: BOOT, a kind of torture for criminals to extort a confession from them, by means of a boot or stocking of parchment wetted and put on the leg, and then brought near the fire, in shrinking it squeezes violently and causes intolerable pain.
number: 21983
sample: BOOT, a kind of torture for criminals to extort a confession from them, by means of a boot or stocking of parchment wetted and put on the leg, and then brought near the fire, in shrinking it squeezes violently and causes intolerable pain.
STC
ESTC T087515
