The new world of words, or, A general English dictionary : containing the proper significations and etymologies of all words derived from other languages : viz. Hebrew, Arabick, Syriack, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Brittish, Dutch, Saxon, &c. usefull for the adornment of our English tongue : together with the definitions of all those terms that conduce to the understanding of any of the arts or sciences ... : to which are added the significations of proper names in mythology or poetical fictions and historical relations, with the geographical descriptions of the chief contries and cities in the world : especially of these three nations, wherein their chiefest antiquities, battles, and other most memorable passages are mentioned : as also all other subjects that are useful and appertain to advance our English language : a work very necessary for strangers, as well as our own countrymen : or for all persons that would rightly understand what they discourse, write or read : the third edition containing a supply of above two thousand words

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Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?

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