Read BookThe First English Dictionary of Slang 1699

Read The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699

Read The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699

You can download in the form of an ebook: pdf, kindle ebook, ms word here and more softfile type. Read The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699, this is a great books that I think are not only fun to read but also very educational.
Book Details :
Published on: 2010-10-15
Released on:
Original language: English

It’s a shame that so many very apt words fall out of common use over time, like “blobber-lippd,” which means having lips that are very thick, hanging down, or turning over; and “chounter”, which is to talk pertly, and sometimes angrily. Both words can be found in The First English Dictionary of Slang, originally published in 1699 as A New Dictionary of Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew by B. E. Gentleman. Though a number of early texts, beginning in the sixteenth century, codified forms of cant—the slang language of the criminal underworld—in word lists which appeared as appendices or parts of larger volumes, the dictionary of 1699 was the first work dedicated to slang words and their meanings. It aimed to educate the more polite classes in the language and, consequently, the methods of thieves and vagabonds, protecting the innocent from cant speakers and their activities.            This dictionary is also the first that attempts to show the overlap and integration between canting words and common slang words. Refusing to distinguish between criminal vocabulary and the more ordinary everyday English of the period, it sets canting words side by side with terms used in domestic culture and those used by sailors and laborers. With such a democratic attitude toward words, this text is genuinely a modern dictionary, as well as the first attempt by dictionary makers to catalog the ever-changing world of English slang.            Reproduced here with an introduction by John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, describing the history and culture of canting in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as the evolution of English slang, this is a fascinating volume for all who marvel at words and may wish to reclaim a few—say, to dabble in the parlance of a seventeenth-century sailor one day and that of a vagabond the next. Redskin (slang) - Wikipedia "Redskin" is a slang term referring to Native Americans in the United States. In modern dictionaries of American English it is labeled "usually offensive ... Scone - Wikipedia The Oxford English Dictionary reports that the first mention of the word was in 1513. Origin of the word scone is obscure and may in fact derive from different sources. Ream - definition of ream by The Free Dictionary ream 1 (rm) n. 1. A quantity of paper formerly 480 sheets now 500 sheets or in a printer's ream 516 sheets. 2. often reams A very large amount: reams of work to ... Mental Health (History) Dictionary Licensed Houses. In the history of English asylums a "licensed house" is not a place for drinking alcohol (the commonest meaning of the phrase) but a place licensed ... Faith - definition of faith by The Free Dictionary For him the coming of the boy David did much to bring back with renewed force the old faith and it seemed to him that God had at last looked with favor upon him. Stuck Define Stuck at Dictionary.com Stuck definition simple past tense and past participle of stick2 . See more. Grammarphobia: Blog Grammarphobia Grammarphobia. Grammar etymology usage and more brought to you by Patricia T. OConner and Stewart Kellerman Stick Define Stick at Dictionary.com The threat of unemployment was the stick that kept the workers toiling overtime. Pussy Definition of Pussy by Merriam-Webster perhaps of Low German or Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse pss pocket pouch Low German pse vulva Old English pusa bag. First Known Use: 1699 office - Wiktionary Anagrams . coiffe; References ^ Oxford English Dictionary. "office n." Oxford University Press (Oxford) 2004. ^ Oxford English Dictionary. " opifice n.
Download PDF BookEssential Irish Jig For The Tin Whistle