The last edition of this famous glossary was published in 1919. This thorough revision takes account of the considerable advances in Shakespeare scholarship since then.
Contains over 163,000 words, with combinations and idiomatic phrases. Words and meanings are set out to reveal their chronological sequence of development since the days of King Alfred. Obsolete, archaic and dialectal uses are included, as well as modern technical and scientific words.
This standard introductory textbook presents in systematic form an account of current English practice. The introduction provides a full scheme of sentence analysis, and cross-references link parts One and Two.
Contains over 163,000 words, with combinations and idiomatic phrases. Words and meanings are set out to reveal their chronological sequence of development since the days of King Alfred. Obsolete, archaic and dialectal uses are included, as well as modern technical and scientific words.
Edition: Fourteenth Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good + in Good jacket. Dustjacket has wear & a 3 inch tear plus a 1 1/2 inch tear. Many pages have owner marks. Dealer stamp on front endpaper. Firm hinges, little wear to cover. literature. read more
Description: *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* 14th edition, small octavo, 312 pp., hardcover, bookplate to front pastedown, else very good in good dust jacket. read more
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. (UK) No markings, cover edges slightly rubbed, VG(-); no Dj. Red cloth, 312pp, glossary. A classic work of Old English language. (1.5 Jm FO 20/0. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Date Published: 1948
Description: Fair. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 1948 Hard Cover. Macmillan And Co. -Publisher. No DJ. 176 Pgs. Green boards with Title in black on front and spine. Corners bumped and beginning to fray. Moderate shelf/edge wear. Sunning to spine. Pages tanning. Solid reader copy. read more
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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
