Nathan Bailey, An Orthographical Dictionary (1727)

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Date
1727
Lexicographer
Book title
An Orthographical Dictionary, Shewing both the Orthography and the Orthoepia Of The English Tongue, By I. Accents placed on each Word, directing to their true Pronunciation. II. Asterisms, distinguishing those Words of approv'd Authority from those that are not. III. Their various Senses and Significations, in English, and also French and Latin, for the sake of Foreigners, who desire an acquaintance with the English Tongue. IV. The Idiom, Phrases, and proverbial Sentences belonging to it. A Work useful for such as would speak what they mean in a proper and pure Diction; and write true English. Vol. II.
Publication place
London
Publisher
T. Cox
Text type
printed book
Genre
Spelling
Subject area
spelling
Language
headwords: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: * SO'KER, a great drinker, un biberon, F. bibax, L.
STC
T090498
Criticisms
Simpson, John A. "Nathaniel Bailey and the Search for a Lexicographical Style." Lexicographers and their Works. Ed. G. James. n.p.: University of Exeter Press, n.d. 181-91. view record