IN THIS DICTIONARY--WHICH COMBINES EXPLANATION WITH ETYMOLOGY, AND
IS COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED BY QUOTATIONS FROM THE BEST
AUTHORITIES:--
1. The WORDS, with those of the same Family in German, Dutch, and
Swedish, or in Italian, French, and Spanish, are traced to their
origin;
2. The EXPLANATIONS are deduced from the Primitive Meaning through
the various usages; and
3. The QUOTATIONS are arranged Chronologically from the earliest
Period to the beginning of the present Century.