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'ers, carefully exclude from The discussion
the mos. essential features Of Iexicnprsph phv.
those on which Webster fsr exceIs all
others, and those on which the Ameri
can Dictionary has acquired its presen, po-
p"'ar'tv. They can see nothing between
the covers Of the, huge qusr,o Of 1856
pages, but spelling-book. They are con-
''""al'v harp'ng upon or'h"graphy
grophy' snd ell their published recommen-
daI'"ns rei,era,e the beauties Of Worsesler's
Io''h"grsphy, omining to speak Of the
we'gh'ier matters Of the law. Ws shall
consider this matter of orlhogrsphy pres
emily.
We are no, speaking Of The school-boys
or The abridged school dictionaries when we
s'ste that where one person cnnsults die
tonsry Tor the spelling of word fifty 90
I" II tor definition, or Tor an genealogical
inquiry. And whs, is wanted is no. q
eenersI de6"ii"n--Ibs, the person i. pos
sessed OF sl'cady-or q congIomefa,e batch
ol defni'i"ns, af,ef reading which, The mos,
natural inference is. that The word cen mean
ANYTHING aud everything. Whs; The stu
dent Deeds is n me,h"dicsl, classified and
scientific arrangement, in which The deriva-
'l"n ut the word is stated; iis otiginsi
meaning, 'hen its secondary and derived
meanings in regular order, with sll its nice.
''es "i sign'fcs'ion clearly set forth, and
w''h examples under each division. The
dictionary lha, bes, conforms to this SIAN
datd, This universal demand Of the student,
will be the diclionsry Of the English Lam
euase, lei , few words be spell. as they may
be-.
Lei Us test the merits Of Worcester and
Webster in these particulars by citing an
example fr"m each The substantive suit, for
instance. Worcester has the following -
SUIT, (sut) n. [suite, Fr. set of the same kind
set of things correspondent to each other; as
suit Of clothes:-a prayer; petition; request;
courtship; pnrsuit:-consecution series; ret-
nue; suite. (See SUIrE.) (LaU.) A prose-
cntIon of right before any tribunals; as, civil
suit; criminal suit; an action-Sut-corenant
covenant to sue at certain court-Suit-
court, the court to which attendance is owed
Subscribe, duty of feudatories to attend the
court Of their lord.
Webster for The same word gives The fol-
J" =, s,.n2 -. : . e---.
SUIT, (sute. y n. Norm suit or suut; Fr. suite,
SEEK.l In Law Latin secta is from the same
source. o..
Literally, following; and so used IN the old
English statutes. .
!. Consecutlon; succession; series; regular or
der; as, tire same kind and suit of weather. mot
no,o applied. Bacon.
9. A set; number of things used together, and
in degree necessary to be united, in order to an
swer the purpose; as, suit Of curtains; suit of
armor; sometimes with less dependence Of the
particular parts on each other but still united in
use; as. suit of clothes; a suit of apartments.
8. A set of the same kind or stamp; as suit of
cards.
4. Retinue; company number Of attend
ants or followers; attendants; train; as a noble
man and his suit. This is sometimes pronounced
French word S,ceei; but in all its Senses this
is the same word and the afftctation of making it
French in one use and English in another, is i'm.
proper, not to say ridiculous. The French ortho-
graphy SUITE is elected very properly by Jame-
son.
S. A petition; seeking for something by petit
tion or application.
Many shall make suite to thee.-Job ri.
6. Solicitation Of woman in marriage; court
ship.-Shak
I. In latc, an action or process for the recovery
of right or claim; legal application to a court of
justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal
as civil suit; criminal suit; suit in chsncery
In England, the several suits, or remedial nstru-
ments Of JUSTICE are distinguished into three kinds,
actions personal, real and mixed Blackstone.
3. Pursuit; prosecutions; chase-Spenser Sue
Suit and seruice; in teudal lau, the duty of feu-
datores to attend the courts of their lords or su-
perlors in time of peace, and in war TO follow
them and perform military service.-BLackstone
TO bring suit; phrase in law, denoting literal
ly to bring secta followers or witnesses to prove
the plaintiff s demand. The phrase is antiquated,
or rather it has changed. its signifcation; for to
bring suit, no,o. is to institute an action.
Out Of suits; having no correspondence
Suit-corenant; in la,c, is covenant to sue at a
certain court.-BaiIey.
Suit court; in ia,c, the court in which tenants
owe attendance to their lord.-Bailey.
Here is fair illustration Of the respective
value Of the two WORKS in fulfilling the es-
sen.ial requ'siions Of diclionsry; hence
we see why the unbiased SUDDEN. will new
er g" to Worcester for a definition, or PHI
biological investigation, when Webster ls a,
hand here, also, we have the explanation
of the fact that Worcester is not used in our
library. ........
Now lei us look 10 this matter Of or,ho.
graphy. Ftom its esrlies, history TO the
presen, day, The English language hes been
undergoing continual changes ~ It's or,ho-
ersphy. Our Ssx"n fore Is,hers were vail.
ant men, but they were not philologists; and
having no guide but The Car, each wrI,er fol-
lowed his own jnagmen, or fancy in spell
ing. A grea, por''"n "f. the Saxon words
were written bv diffrten. authors, two or
three difieren. wavs, and some Of them 6c-
leen or twenty. For hundreds Of years. the
chaos Of or,hography continued; and sl-
though there was a gradual improvement, !,
even down TO so recent . period a. the lat
ter par, Of the l7h century, the or,hogra.
ply Of The language WAS so unsettled, ,ha'
The better class Of writer's frequently spell
the same word in TWO or three different wsys
on the ssme page. Such instances ore fre.
quens an tbs Massachusetts CclonisI Re.