Samuel Clarke, The English Dictionary (1670)
Date
1670
Lexicographer
Book title
The English Dictionary; or, An Expositor of Hard English Words, Newly Refin'd: enabling as well Ladies as Gentle-Women, Young Scholars, Clerks, Merchants; As Also, Strangers of any Nation, to the Understanding of the more difficult Authors already Printed in our Language; And the more speedy attaining of an Elegant Perfection of the English Tongue, both in Reading, Speaking and Writing. By H. C. Gent. The twelfth Edition Revised and Enlarged by s. c.
Publication place
London
Publisher
W. Miller
Transcription source
EEBO
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
- law
- proper name
Summary
Law terms are listed separately under each letter. After the dictionary, there is "A Table of the Proper Names of Gods, Goddesses, Men, Women, Giants, Birds, Beasts, Serpents, Rivers, &c."
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Graveolence, a rank smelling.
sample: Graveolence, a rank smelling.
Alston
V.44
Wing
C4871
