The republic., 1851-10-28
WOrcoster's Universal and Critical Die
tiOnary OF the English Language.
BY. WORCESTER, LID

By E. WORCESTER, LII. ID
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TO its title The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference ismade TO
AuTHoRITIEs with respect to words newly intro
duced, and care is taken to note such aretechni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
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OF the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan of exhibiting all the
best English authorities in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
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pious Vocabulary of Modern Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunciation of Cassicaland Scripturepropcr names,
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