The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-17
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
iOnary OF the English Language.

By } K. W0RCEsrER, LIZ ID
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AUTHoRITIEs with respect to words newly intro
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CAL foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
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