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

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.

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"An American Dictionary 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 Orthoepists; and Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names."

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CHAUNCEY A. GOODRICH,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Connecticut.