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Worccstcr's Universal and Critical Die.
tionnry OF the English Language.
By ]. e. WoRcEsrEn, IL. ID

by j. Il. w oRcEsTER, LII. ~
one Uoitme, SEQ sheep, 1892 pages-Price SO 50
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AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro
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