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Notes on the New Edition of Webster's Dictionary
G. P. M. | September 6, 1866 issue

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This article critically appraises the new edition of Webster's Dictionary. Language is so rapidly changeable that words unknown when letter A of a voluminous lexicon is put to press will come into established use long before letter Z reaches the hands of the compositor. The information which miscellaneous readers seek in lexicons is of various sorts. Probably hand-dictionaries of living languages are oftenest consulted to solve doubts on these points: First, as to the meaning of words; Secondly, as their orthography; and finally, as to their etymology.

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS & dictionaries; PRESS; LANGUAGE & languages -- Orthography & spelling; LEXICOGRAPHY; LANGUAGE & languages -- Etymology
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