An universal etymological English dictionary, comprehending the derivations of the generality of words in the English tongue ... with additions

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by  Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742

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An
Univerfal
Etymological
Englifh Dictionary:
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COMPREHENDING ^r
The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the
Englijb Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient
Britijb, Sax;n, JJauifi, Ncrman and Modern French, Teutonic,
Dutch, Spanijh, Italian, asalfo from the Latin, Greek, andHebrew
Languages,each in theAirNprDoper CAhaLfafSteOrs.
A
Brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words
derived from any ofthe atorefali Languages ; and TermsofArt
relating to Anatomy, Botany, Phyfick, Pharmacy, Surgery,
Chymiftry, Philofophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar,
Logick, Rhetorick,Mulick,Heraldry, MaritimeAffairs, Military
Diicipline, Horfemanlhip,Hunting, Hawking Fowling, Fiihing,
Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving,
Cookery, &c.
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Together with
A
large Collection and 'Explication of Words and
Phrafesus'dinour AncientStatutes,Charters,Writs,OldRecords,
and ProcefTes at Law; and the Etymology and Interpretationof
the Proper Names of Men, Women, and RemarkablePlaces in
Great ^Britain : Alfo theDialefts of our different Counties.
ContainingmanyThoufandWordsmorethaneitherHarris,
Xsrfej, or any Englijb Dictionarybefore Extant.
To Tsllcbis addedaColleftionof our mod CommonProverbs., with
their Explication and Illuflration.
The wholeW;ORK compil'd and Methodically digefted, aswell for
the Entertainment of the Curious, as theInformation of the
Ignorant, and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers,
Tradefmen and Foreigners, who are defirous thorowly to
underfland what they Speak, Read, or Write.
Dition, toitl; large 0DDttions.
By N::' BAILEY,
LONDON:
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Printed for J. DARBY. A. BE x xEswoR xH, F. FAY
R AM, J. PEMBER T O K, J. HO OKE, C.R IVI NGT ON.
F. GLAY, J. BAT LEY, and E. S YM o N. MDCCXXVI.
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anguftijjimo veftro, Reet G EO RG I O,
Britannici regiminis habenas benevolo,
commiferit mamt, fiib cujus mitijjlmo
acjttfttjfftmo imperio *Pdtrm., Libertate,
Religwne fafois adhuc fieliees fruimur/ non fof-
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non
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rem ;fed etitim quod Vos tarn cha-
ra ob oculos habea?;. ' h<ec tanta bona
pigncra
a fe^per^ratris^'eftrij fercnijjlm'i Wallis ~Prind-
ad tandem
pis manus., feram pojleritntem tranf-
we cum
mi: . 'Pc'rmitretis qiioque
omnibus bonis fromiffapatnofolo beneficia ex 'Pro-
&
(rei-ze tarnAugnfia,foelid, tequali Lndole ornata^
^ltum & exultantem animnm figuificandi anfam,
qua licuit, arripere. Ideoqne hoc tneum Ofitfcnlum
-//two Ndmirii veftro dtcare fuftmut ; quod
etfitantis Trinctpibus handfatis d'tgnumforfanvi-
admmtculi
deatur^ aliqnid faltem fludiis veflris
Anglicanis c.Hatnrnm fperarem, Qnapropter nota.,
acfolen'iii regime Stirjpis benevolentiafretusj quic-
quidfit, ea, qnapdr eft, fubmtffa mentis devotione
Vobis offere aufitsfilm. Qnod dum nzmisforfan
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audaciterfacio, utgeneroje mihi condonetis, fro
nffucta bonitateprofitio vultu tntuentes^frofenfo
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crga Vosftudto cultui tribuatisj quam knmillime
rogo ac defrecor. Matti ^/^/OrnatifFimi.PRTx-
CIPESJ Hfgenita Virtute, bonis Literis, omiribuf-
que regiis Ornamentis, quibus fummarn illam Ex-
feffationem; quam cunftide'Vobis conceferint non
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mo
exaqttare do, fed fnperare pojfitis. Teque,,
I REDERICE NobiliJJime, utolim, cumT^eo O.M.
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omnium rerum Gubernatcri^ 'Patrifque vit*
f(Elicitatis fatnrornm, Britan-
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n tencntem Sceftrum Iteta Britannia, fccli-
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qiic Pofteri coufpicere gaudcant^ animo fienti-
tat, oratquc
N.
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INTRODUCTION.
H E Faculty ofSpeech, which makes fo confi-
derableaDifference between aMan and a Brute^
is of excellent Ufe, as it renders Mankind,
convertibleone with another, and as the various
NaturalEndowments,Obfervations,Experiences
and Attainments of every individual Man, are
hereby with a wonderfulFacility mutuallycom-
municated. And we may add to this theInvention ofLetters, by
Means of which we are not confln'd within the narrow Limits
of our Acquaintance and Contemporaries, but one Man may be
acquaintedwith the Attainments of Multitudes ofthe wifeftMen
in Prefent and Ancient Times, and either in his own or re-
mote Countries. Wordsare thofe Channels, bywhich the Know-
ledgeofThings is convey'dtoourUnderftandings : Andtherefore
upon a right Apprehenfion of them depends the Re&itude ofour
Notions; and in order to form our Judgments right, they muft
be underftood in their proper Meaning, and us'd in their true
Senfe, either in Writing or Speaking. For if the Words of the
Speaker or Writer, though ever fo appoiue to the Matter, be ta-
ken in a wrong Senfe, they form erroneous Ideas in the Mind
concerning theThing fpoken o*rwrittenof; and if we ufeWords
in a falfe and improper Senfe, this caufes Confufion intheUnder-
(landing oftheHearer, and renders theDifcourfe unintelligible.
It ought, therefore, to be the fpecial Care and Study of every
one, who would have his Mind furnifhed with the ufeful Know-
ledge of Things of any Kind, to get a Trueand Diftincl Ideaof
the proper Senfe and Meaning of Words, and Terms of Art,
in which they are exprels'd, without which no good Progrefc
can be made.
It has therefore been the univerfal Practice of all polite Na-
tions, to make the Study of Letters the firft Bufinefs of Life.
And becaufe this Accomplifhment is neceflary to all Perfons, and
buc
INTRODUCTION.
but few, co1 ly (peaking, have the Advantage ofa learned
Education to any coniida-able Proficiency, Dictionaries have in
all .cs been compiled, to which, as to Store-Houfes,
fuch i-\ we Rccourfe, as often as any thing occurs
ia Converfation or Reading, with which they are unacquainted,
or when they themielvcs would fpeak or write Properly and
Ink
And'as fuch Helps have been thoughtufeful in all civilizedNa-
tions, they appear more eminently neceflary in the Englijh
Tongue, notonly becaufc it is, perhaps, the molt copious Lan-
oge ofany in Europe, but is likewife made up offo great a Va-
both Ancient and Modern, as will
-.iflges
pi.- to any one who (hall pcrufe the following Die-
tic . P the Reafon of which Mixture, and by what Ac-
ciJcius it was brought about, I (lull givethe followingAccount.
That L~ -re liable to Changes and Alterations, (befides
that Confulion ofTongues at the Building the Tower of
Br/)there have been too many Inllances to require any Proof.
The Catties of Change in Languages are in general three.
Ftrft, r<Tlim:<zr.:::>ms orConqitcfliofNations, by which inTra<3:
ofTime there fuccceds a Coalition ofthe Languages of the Con-
querors with theConquered. So t\izItalian Language fprangfrom
the L.:. mixed with German-Gothic The from
. SpaxiJ/j
Lttix, mixed with Gothic German, Arabic, or Morifco: The
French from the Latin, German, and ancient Gaulijh or Gallic:
From Commerce, by which Offices, Dignities, the
Nmwaemc.ommonly takeanwditTherthmesWoafrTersafffricokm atrheeiPnetrrfobdnusceodf, wwhhiocmh
'-m, and new-form them according to the Genius of
oar
f guc.
7b: . ,!n the Efleem and valuable Properties of any pnr-
;uage, by which we endeavour to imitate this or that
c more LcarncJ, Elegant, Copious, or ExpreJJive.
So
:1 over Europe efteem the Latin and Greek
ns the Treafuries ofall Science; Chriliian Divines reve-
re:. ' !,reiv and Greek; the Turks and Mahometans the A-
r*ti(, as the Millrcls ofReligion ; the Dutch, Germans and Eng-
tthyeyDJthMeCSI'arenndcbS,iufeodruittshSein'Tteuuetfosnica^ndasSmmooortehnCeofpsiouosf.Exprcflion;
If