The new world of English words, or, A general dictionary : containing the interpretations of such hard words as are derived from other languages, whether Hebrew, Arabick, Syriack, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, British, Dutch, Saxon, &c., their etymologies, and perfect definitions : together with all those terms that relate to the arts and sciences ... : to which are added the significations of proper names, mythology, and poetical fiction, historical relations, geographical descriptions of most countreys and cities of the world, especially of these three nations, wherein their chiefest antiquities, battles, and other most memorable passages are mentioned : as also all other subjects that are useful and appertain to our English language : a work very necessary for strangers, as well as our own countreymen, for all persons that would rightly understand what they discourse, write, or read /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for Nath. Brook ... and William Cartwright ...,
1663.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Dedication signed: Edw. Phillips; preface signed: Edward Phillips. Imperfect: faded. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (circa 380 pages) |