William Hopkins, The Flying Pen-man (1674)
Date
1674
Author
William
Hopkins
Note: 30/09/2005
Lexicon title
A Table Teaching how to abbreviate Words
Book title
The Flying Pen-man, or, The Art of Short-writing By a more Easie, Exact, Compendious, and Speedy way
Publication place
London
Printer
CH
Publisher
Author
Text type
printed book
Genre
General English Dictionaries and Glossaries
Subject area
- shorthand
- spelling
Summary
Includes "a useful dictionary of common words, showing how they would be spelt if sounded in his shorthand system and what letters were to be omitted"
Language
headwords: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: ORTHOGRAPHY BRACHYGRAPHY Letters omitted and changed
Aaron Aron a
abbie abi b.e (b1v)
sample: ORTHOGRAPHY BRACHYGRAPHY Letters omitted and changed
Aaron Aron a
abbie abi b.e (b1v)
Wing
H2752
Other editions
1680: Wing H2751A
