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The Columbian Dictionary of the English Language

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history of dictionaries

  • Nathan Bailey's definition of “oats”
    In dictionary: From 1604 to 1828

    …by Caleb Alexander, was called The Columbian Dictionary of the English Language (1800) and on the title page claimed that “many new words, peculiar to the United States,” were inserted. It received abuse from critics who were not yet ready for the inclusion of American words.

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