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This revised edition contains ALL THE WORDS IN THE QUARTO EDITION, and also an arrangement of
SYNONYMS under the leading words-a new and important feature, and not found in any other work.

AN AMERICAN

DICTIONARY

5292

OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE;

EXHIBITING

THE ORIGIN, ORTHOGRAPHY, PRONUNCIATION, AND
DEFINITIONS OF WORDS.

BY NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D.

ABRIDGED FROM THE QUARTO EDITION OF THE AUTHOR,

TO WHICH ARE ADDED A

SYNOPSIS OF WORDS

DIFFERENTLY PRONOUNCED BY DIFFERENT ORTHOËPISTS,

AND

WALKER'S KEY

TO THE

CLASSICAL PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK, LATIN, AND
SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES.

Revised and Enlarged,

BY CHAUNCEY A. GOODRICH,

PROFESSOR IN YALE COLLEGE.

WITH THE ADDITION OF A VOCABULARY OF

MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES, WITH THEIR PRONUNCIATION. .

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PUBLISHERS,

1857.