List of dictionaries

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1675 http://books.google.ca/books?id=CFBGAAAAYAAJ

An universal etymological English dictionary;: comprehending the derivations ...

By Nathan Bailey

A link to a google book regarding early dictionaries.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=lJtwAAAAIAAJ&dq=thomas%20elyot&pg=PA319#v=onepage&q&f=false

the Ortus Vocabulorum 1532 a later latin-english dictionary

http://books.google.ca/books?id=AUg8AAAAcAAJ

The Lexicon 1530 written in latin.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=mfZKAAAAcAAJ

Bibliotheca Eliotæ. Eliotes Dictionaire, by Thomas Cooper 1559

no link to an online copy

Thomas Cooper wrote Thesaurus Linguae Romanae Et Britannicae

based on Thomas Elyot's book.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=eAaq0HCFRRsC

Homerica Lexicon - an ancient book.

Clavis Homerica - greek words used by Homer.

http://archive.org/details/clavishomericasi00leer

The Medulla Grammatice predates the Promptorium Parv. document

February 21, 2013

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1835 http://books.google.ca/books?id=Wwi5sUW6R18C

An analytical dictionary of the English language

This dictionary tells how words were formed from their roots.

A dictionary of lowland scottish 1888

http://goo.gl/cy6Es

http://books.google.ca/books?id=FckRAAAAIAAJ

1888 dictionary of lowland Scotch

The Sailors word book, 1867 Found the nautical terms for ice.

http://goo.gl/ZIhkR

Eskimo English Dictionary - 1890 for all those Eskimo words for snow that I did not add to my list of words for snow and ice.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=w2kSAAAAYAAJ

1882 An Anglo Saxon dictionary

http://books.google.ca/books?id=oXlii1KgDngC Joseph Bosworth

Hutton, Charles Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary 1795

http://archimedes.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/toc/toc.cgi?dir=hutto_dicti_078_en_1795;step=thumb

Thesaurus Geographicus - an early atlas of the world which described many places.

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23705166M/Thesaurus_geographicus_or_The_compleat_geographer

1808 http://books.google.ca/books?id=H6AmAQAAIAAJ

An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language Jamieson

February 21, 2013

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1927 dictionary of slang and colloquialisms.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=lUYVAAAAIAAJ

A middle English dictionary - covers 1100-1400 c.1881

http://books.google.ca/books?id=4rIVAAAAYAAJ

1863 Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon

http://books.google.ca/books?id=ByNKAAAAcAAJ we get the words Skookum, Skookumchuck, and Salt Chuck from Chinook.

Atlas of languages 1996 - not a dictionary, but lists the languages spoken around the world, and how the languages were replaced or merged.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=glU0vte5gSkC

1877 Dictionary of Americanisms:

http://books.google.ca/books?id=j-U_AAAAYAAJ

February 21, 2013

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Criminal Slang: The Vernacular of the Underground Lingo (1913)

http://books.google.ca/books?id=nN81uyN8WmIC

1691. Nomo Lexicon - a lexicon of legal terms

http://books.google.ca/books?id=eZg0AQAAMAAJ

Lexicon Tetraglotton an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary:

by James Howell c. 1660

http://books.google.ca/books?id=PCtWAAAAYAAJ

1891 The Singapore Triglot Vocabulary (English Malay, and Chinese)

http://books.google.ca/books?id=JEG5iHc_w_YC

1855 Technology wordbook. http://books.google.ca/books?id=pQs2AQAAMAAJ

March 1, 2013

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Dictionary of Newfoundland English - onlne - Government of Newfoundland.

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/

March 17, 2013

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Lexicon Technicum x. 1725 John Harris.

a technical dictionary. This book contains Isaac Newton's theory of the moon. (in the moon section) Contains all the science and arts terms of the day. Also has nice pictures. http://books.google.ca/books?id=0GdEAAAAcAAJ

The definition on Earthquakes is quite good: spoiler alert - Ocean Rising was totally predicted back then.

March 20, 2013

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The OED lists early English dictionaries. http://public.oed.com/aspects-of-english/english-in-time/the-first-dictionaries-of-english/

August 23, 2013

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Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect
The English Dialect Society -
http://books.google.ca/books?id=SSA_AAAAYAAJ
was looking up early uses of Glitch, but Google found Clitch instead.

missing from this dictionary.. the letter Z.

October 25, 2013

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1859 - Language of the Aborigines of the colony of Victoria
(was looking up a word from Johnny Dangerously, and came across this dictionary)
http://books.google.ca/books?id=3WwwAQAAMAAJ

November 28, 2013

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1880 Glossary of words in use in Cornwall http://books.google.ca/books?id=wckFAAAAQAAJ

December 28, 2013

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http://books.google.ca/books?id=Zhk9h-w1negC 1850's book of slang terms. "A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words"
This dictionary also describes an early version of the Hobo Code. - symbols used to show which places allow tramps to visit.

April 6, 2014

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Hindee-English dictionary - 19th century.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=b58CAAAAQAAJ J.T. Thompson

December 31, 2014