September 19, 2005

Items of the Day: The New World of Words (1706) and The London Art of Cookery (1792)

Full Title:
The New World of Words: or, Universal English Dictionary. Containing An Account of the Original or Proper Sense, and Various Significations of all Hard Words derived from other Languages, viz. Hebrew, Arabick, Syriack, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, British, Saxon, Dutch, &c. as now made use of in our English Tongue. Together with A [...]