John Pettus, Fodinae Regales (1670)

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Date

1670

Lexicographer

John Pettus Note: 12/10/2005

Lexicon title

An EXPLANATION of several Words used in this History, as an Essay to the larger Dictionary of Metallick and Chymical Words, mentioned in the Preface.

Book title

Fodinae Regales. OR THE HISTORY, LAWS AND PLACES OF THE Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and the English Pale in Ireland. As also of the MINT and MONY.

Publication place

London

Printer

H.L. and R.B.

Publisher

Thomas Basset

Transcription source

EEBO/TCP (Henry E. Huntington Library copy)

Text type

printed book

Genre

Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions

Subject area

mining

Summary

Pettus, at the close of his introduction, says "I shall shortly present you with a Dictionary of such words as concern the Metallick and Chemick Arts with their Interpretations; a Specimen whereof is at the end of the book." This "Dictionary" appears to be the second volume of Pettus' Fleta Minor (1683), described on its title-page as holding "ESSAYS on Metallick Words, as a DICTIONARY to many pleasing DISCOURSES."

Language

headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English

Word-group

type: alphabetical

Word-entry

type: gloss
number: 137
sample: Chymistry, Chymick, Chymical, or Chemistry. The Art of separating Metals. See Alchimy.

Wing

P1908