Rastell’s law dictionary was the first English language dictionary of any type, with its alphabetical arrangement of terms and their definitions. First published in Anglo-Norman French around 1523 as ...

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary took nine years to write and included 42,773 entries.This large two volume book is one of the first editions of the famous dictionary written by Samuel Johnson ...

Over  €1.1 million in funding has been announced for the Historical Dictionary of Irish or Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge ...

Alliteration' is going to be in the first section of the dictionary under 'a'. There will be lots of entries for each letter of the alphabet, so use the guide word at the top of the page to help you.

The first two letters of these words are the same, but the third letters are different. The letter ‘t’ comes after ‘k’ in the alphabet, so you find 'ankle' before 'ant' in the dictionary.

THE appearance of this volume completes the production of the first dictionary of organic compounds in the English language. The high standard of the first two volumes (NATURE, 134, 751 ...