The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-18
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die.
tionary or the English Language.
BY. E. WORCESTER, LII. d

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AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro.
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DEFINITIONS clear and exact and those ner-
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OF the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
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best English authorities in relation % words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists gives 70
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