A Dictionary Of The Scottish Language In Which The Words Are Explained In Their Different Senses Authorized By The Names Of The Writers By Whom They Are Used Of The Titles Of The Works In Which They Occur And Derived From Their Originals

Author : John Jamieson
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ISBN 13 : 9781332120710
Total Pages : 708 pages
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Download or read book Dictionary of the Scottish Language written by John Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In Which the Words Are Explained in Their Different Senses, Authorized by the Names of the Writers by Whom They Are Used, or the Titles of the Works in Which They Occur, and Derived From Their Originals A complete Abridgment of the learned Dr. Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, with the Supplement to that elaborate and erudite work, has long been considered a desideratum in the literature of this country, as the expense of the Dictionary and Supplement, in four large quarto volumes, has hitherto rendered this valuable work almost a sealed book to the bulk of the community. To supply this want, as far as it can be supplied by an abridgment, has been the anxious aim of the Editor; and the plan which he has followed, is exactly that adopted by Dr. Jamieson himself, in the limited Abridgment of the original Dictionary, which he published many years ago, and long before he brought out the Supplement to this great national work. In the Preface to his abridgment, Dr. Jamieson states that, - "He has followed the same plan with that of the abridgment of Dr. Johnson's English Dictionary; in giving all the terms contained in the larger work, in their various significations, the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and their derivations. In one instance only has he deviated from the plan of the great English Lexicographer, in placing the etymons after the definitions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.