AN IDEA OF THE ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS

IN THIS DICTIONARY.

S in other dictionaries words follow each other in an alphabetical order according to the letters they begin with, in this they follow each other according to the letters they end with. All words therefore that end with a are placed first in this Dictionary, as all those that begin with a are placed first in other Dictionaries; those that end with b are placed next, and so of the rest. The directing letters at the top of each page, are likewise in the same order; that is, they are the last letters of words instead of the first. DIRECTIONS FOR FINDING WORDS.

In looking for a word, the last letter is to be sought first, the last but one next, and so on from the last to the first letters of a word in an order, exactly contrary to that of other dictionaries. Thus if I want to find the word Idea, I must first look for a, among those words which end with a ; these I find in the page opposite to this. The next letter I want is e, I therefore look among those words that end with a, for a werd whose last letter but one is e, and find it in the word Panacea, the seventeenth word from the top; the next letter d, I look for among those words that end with ea, and find it in the word after Panacea, which is the word I sought. So that for the last letter of a word, I look among those words ending with the same letter, for the last letter but one of a word, I look among the last letters but one of these words, and so of the rest.

It must be particularly noted, that the directing letters on the top of each page are to be looked for in the same order, that is, from the right hand to the left.

The best way to avoid confusion, will be to look for the letters one by one, and to begin with the first word of every class, and so proceed downwards till the word is found. Thus if I want to find the word Alphabet, I keep the last letter t in my mind, and turn to that part of the dictionary where the words ending with t are classed, which is near the end. The first word of this class I find to be at; the next letter I want is e, I therefore run my eye down the last letter but one of this class till I come to bet, the next letter I want is a, which leads me to fix my eye upon the fourth letter from the last, which brings me to abet, and so of the rest.

As this arrangement is perfectly simple, two or three trials will render it as intelligible as the common order, especially if the word we look for be first written down, and carried long with the eye in its search.

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RHYMING, SPELLING,

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PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY.

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A The first letter of the alphabet, s.
Baa The cry of sheep, s.

Abba A Syriac word, signifying father, s.

As-sa-ra-bac'ca A plant, s.

Fe-lucea A small open boat, s.

An-gel'i-ca A plant, s.

Ba-sil'i-ca The middle vein of the arm, s.

Vom'i-ca An encysted tumour in the lungs, s.

Pi'ca The green sickness; a printing letter, s.

Sci-at'i-ca The hip-gout, s.

An-a-sar'ca A sort of dropsy, or pitting of the flesh, s.
Ar-ma'da A large fleet of ships of war, s.

Cas'sa-da An American plant, s.

Co-lo-quin'ti-da The bitter apple, s.

As-a-foet'i-da A stinking gum, s.

Cre-den'da Articles of faith, s. plur.

Pan-a-ce'a A universal medicine; an herb, s.

1-de'a Mental imagination, s.

Bo-hea' A species of tea, s.

Lea Grass land enclosed, s,
Flea A troublesome insect, 3.

To flea To clean from fleas, v. a.

Plea Allegation; form of pleading; excuse, s. Guinea A gold coin, value 21s. rhymes whinny, s. Di-arrhoea A flux of the belly, s.

Gon-or-rhoea A venereal running, s.

Ap-or-rhoea Effluvium; emanation, s.

Dysp-noea A difficulty of breathing, s.

Or-thop-noea A disorder of the lungs, s.

Pea A well-known kind of pulse, s.

A're-a An open surface, as the floor of a room, s.
Seu The ocean; large lake, s.

Tea A Chinese plant, s.

Yea Yes, ad.

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Sofa A very wide movable seat, s.

A'ga A Turkish military officer, s.

O-mega The last letter of the Greek alphabet, s.

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Ha!

Ha! An expression of wonder, int.
A-ha! Denotes pleasure, triumph, int.
Ha! ha! ha! An expression of laughter, int.
E-po'cha The time from which we date, s.
O-ny'cha The onyx; the odoriferous shell, s.
E'pha A Hebrew measure, s.

Syn-a-loe'pha The contraction or excision of a syllable in poetry,s.
Alpha The Greek A or a, s.

A-poc'ry-pha Doubtful authors, s.

Mar-a-nath'a A form of anathematizing, s.

Naph'tha A fluid inflammable mineral, s.

Hy-dro-phobi-a Dread of water, s.

A-ca'ci-a A drug brought from Egypt; also a tree so called, s. Cy-clo-pae'di-a A body or circle of sciences, s. En-cy-clo-pae'di-a A circle of sciences, s.

Phar-ma-co-poe'i-a Knowledge of drugs, &c. s.

Pros-o-po-poe'i-a A figure, by which things are made persons; personification, s.

Rat-i-fi'a A cordial, s.

Par-o-nych'i-a A whitlow, s.

Re-gali-a The ensigns of royalty, s. plur.

Par-a-pher-na'li-a Goods in the wife's disposal, s. plur.

Bat-ta'li-a The order of battle, s.

Au-reli-a Change of a caterpillar toward a moth, s.

Du'li-a An inferior kind of adoration, s.

Her'ni-a Any kind of rupture, s.

Glob-u-la'ri-a A flosculous flower, consisting of many florets, &.
Ad-ver-sari-a A commonplace book, s.

Ac-ro-teri-a In architecture, little pedestals without bases, s.
Sco'ri-a Dross; recrement, s.

A-po'ri-a A figure in rhetoric, doubting where to begin, s.
La'tri-a The highest kind of worship, s.

Par-o-no-ma'si-a The figure in rhetoric called a pun, s.

An-to-no-ma'si-a In rhetoric, substituting the dignity for the person, s.
Eu-tha-na'si-a An easy deatlı, s.

Ge-o-da'si a In geometry, the mensuration of surfaces, s.
Am-bro'si-a The imaginary food of the gods, s.

Cas'si-a A fragrant aromatic spice, s.

Gal-li-ma'ti-a Nonsense; talk without meaning, s.
Mi-lit'i-a National forces; trained bands, s.

Ef-flu'vi-a Particles flying off bodies, s. plur. of effluvium.
At-a-rax'i-a Exemption from vexation; tranquillity, s.
La! See; look; behold, int.
Gen-ti-an-nella A kind of blue flower, s.

Um-brella A sort of screen to keep off the sun or rain, s.
Mi-tel'la A plant, s.

Va-nil'la A plant, s.

Sar-sa-pa-ril'la A plant; the root of the plant, s.

Villa A country seat, s.

Hol-la'! Used in calling to any one at a distance, int.
To hol-la' To cry out loudly, v. a.

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Me-tab'o-la In medicine, a change of time, air, or disease, s.
Pa-rab'o-la A conic section, s.

Hy-per bo-la A section of a cone, s.

Gon'do-la A boat used at Venice, s.

Go'la In architecture, a member half concave and half convex, s.

Cupo-la A dome; an arched roof, s.

Nebu-la An appearance, like a cloud, in the human body, s.
Fib'u-la The smaller bone of the leg, s.

Mac'u-la A spot, s.

Au-ric'u-la A kind of flower, s.

Scrof'u-la The king's evil, s.

Ran'u-la A swelling under the tongue, s.

Scap'u-la The shoulder-blade, s.

Cop'u-la The word uniting the subject and predicate, s.
Fer u-la A slapper used in schools, s.

Pen-in'su-la Land almost surrounded by water, s.

Spat'u-la A spreading-slice, used by apothecaries, s.
Tu-ran'tu-la A poisonous spider in Italy, s.

Fis'tu-la A sore disease, s.

U'vu-la A spongeons body at the entrance of the throat, s. A-mal'ga-ma The mixture of metals procured by amalgamation, ș. Dram'a The action of a play, 8.

A-nath'e-ma A curse; an excommunication, s.

Oe-de'ma A dropsical tumour, s.

Ep-i-pho-ne'ma An exclamation, s.

Em-py-ema A collection of purulent matter, s.

Ec-leg ma A form of medicine, s.

E-nig'ma A riddle, s.

Stig'ma A mark of infamy, s.

Dog'ma An established principle, s.
Zeug'ma A figure in grammar, s.

Asthma A disease of the lungs, s.
Pe-nul'ti-ma The last syllable but one, s.
Ante-pe-nul'ti-ma The last syllable but two, s.

Mam ma' Used by children for mother, s.
Lem'ma A proposition previously assumed,
Di-lem'ma An argument in logic; intricacy; difficulty, s.
Com'ma The point (, ) implying a little pause, s.
Co'ma A morbid disposition to sleep, s.

Sur-co'ma A fleshy excrescence, chiefly in the nostrils, s.
Glau-co'ma An imperfection in the eye, s.

Dip-lo'ma A deed of privilege or degree, s.

Car-ci-no'mu A cancer, s.

Ste-a-to'ma Matter in a wen composed of fat, s.

Rus'ma A cosmetic to take off hair, s.

Em-py-reu'mu The burning to of any matter in boiling, s.
Struma A glandular swelling; the king's evil, s.

Par en'chy-ma A spongy substance, through which the blood is strained, s.

Sy-non'y-ma Names which signify the same thing, s. plur.

Ba-na'na Plantain, s.

Sul-tu'na The Turkish empress, s.

Am-phis-bae na A serpent supposed to have two heads, s.
O-zae'na A fœtid ulcer in the nostrils, s.

Phag-e-dena An ulcer that discharges corroding humours, s.
Prol-e-gom'e-na A previous discourse; introduction, s. plur.
Phae-nom'e-na The plural of phenomenon, s.
Sub-poena A writ commanding attendance, s.
Gut'ta se-re'na A disorder of the eye, s.
Hy-e'na An animal like a wolf, s.

China China ware; a country, s.
Gi-al-a-li'na Earth of a gold colour, s.
Lam'i-na A thin plate, s.

Stam'i-na Solids of the body; threads of plants, s. plur.
Hem'i-na About ten ounces, s.

Cza-ri'na The empress of Russia, s. pronounced Zareena.
Al can'na An Egyptian wood used in dyeing, s.
Man'na A physical drug, s.

Ho-san'na Praise to God, s.

Ven-tan'na A window, s.

Sa-van'na An open meadow, 8.

Sen'na A physical tree and drug, 8.

Du-en'na An old governante, s.

Ma-do'na An image or picture of the Blessed Virgin, s.

Co-ro'na The crown of an order, s.

Co'co-a A very large kind of nut, s.

Ca-no'a An Indian boat, s. pronounced canoo.

Pa-pa' Used by children for father, s.

Ti-a'ra A diadem; a head-dress, s.

Ab-ra-ca-dab'ra A superstitious charm against agues, s.
La'bra A lip, s.

Al'ge-bra A branch of arithmetic, s.
Pe-num'bra An imperfect shadow, s.

Scol-o-pen'dra A sort of insect with many feet, s.

Hy'dra A monster with many heads, s.

E'ra An epoch, s.

E-phem'e-ra A fever that terminates in one day; an insect, s.
Chi-me'ra A fictitious monster; a wild fancy, s.

Gen'e-ra (the plural of genus) kinds, s.

Op'e-ra A musical entertainment, s.

U're-thra The passage of the urine, s.

He-gira A term in chronology; an epocha used by the Arabians, s.

A-naph'o-ra In rhetoric, beginning different sentences with the same word, s

E-piph'o-ra An inflammation of the eye, s.

Pleth'o-ra Fulness of blood, s.

Rem'o-ra An obstacle; impediment; a fish, s.

Au-ro'ra Poetically the morning, s.

Supra In composition, signifies above, or before.

Contra Against, prep.

Lus'tra Sacrifices every five years in old Rome, s. plur.

Cam'e-ra ob-scu'ra A philosophical apparatus and optical machine, s.