The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-20
NEW ..srANDARD'' DICTIONARY
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No ssNount Tacoma

The second volume of the Funk & wag-
nails Standard Dictionary of the English
Language Is ready foe delivery. Nearly
fiee years were required 70 complete the
work. Thara we're engaged la It's produc-
ton ~ office editors and specialists, also
nearly SO readers for quota tlans. Beside.
some hundreds of ether men and women
have rendered effySctiye service Ia various
ways La the defanlng OF words or classes
of words. Nearly s. co. a01 Was expended
before single copy was ready fer the
market. Tho vocabulary Is very rich and
fun. though useless words and phra seS
have bsos excluded The fuIi number of
vocabulary words IN these dictionaries for
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words As appendicitis. craps eleetrncslte
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