A Primary School Dictionary of the English Language: Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Synonymous : with an Appendix Containing Various Useful Tables : Mainly Abridged from the Latest Edition of the American Dictionary of Noah WebsterIvison, Blakeman, Taylor, 1874 - 352 pages |
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| Title | A Primary School Dictionary of the English Language: Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Synonymous : with an Appendix Containing Various Useful Tables : Mainly Abridged from the Latest Edition of the American Dictionary of Noah Webster |
| Authors | Noah Webster, William Greenleaf Webster, William Adolphus Wheeler |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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