Old 1886 Dictionary   Dictionary Section     MAIN DICTIONARY SUPPLEMENTAL DICTIONARY (ADDITIONAL WORDS) PREFACE EXPLANATORY AND PRONOUCING VOCABULARY OF NOTED FICTITIOUS PERSONS AND PLACES PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF GREEK AND LATIN PROPER NAMES ETYMOLOGICAL VOCABULARY OF MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES PRONOUNCING GAZETTEER AND PRONOUNCIGN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY A CONDENSED PRONOUNCING GAZETTEER OF GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY A PRONOUNCING BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF COMMON ENGLISH CHRISTIAN NAMES, WITH THEIR DERIVATION, SIGNIFICATION, ETC. QUOTATIONS, WORDS, PHRASES, PROVERGS, ETC., FROM THE GREEK, THE LATIN, AND MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES ABBREVIATIONS AND CONTRACTIONS USED IN WRITING AND PRINTING ARBITRARY SIGNS USED IN WRITING AND PRINTING CLASSIFIED SELECTION OF PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PHRENOLOGY ANTIQUITIES-Dress, Utentsils, Etc. ARACHNIDANS ARCHITECTURE ART, OBJECTS OF , ORNAMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, ETC. ASTRONOMY BOTANY CARPENTRY, JOINERY, AND MASONRY CRUSTACEANS DOMESTIC ECONOMY-UNTENTSILS, FURNATURE, ETC. DRESS, ORNAMENTS, INSIGNIA, ETC. FLAGS, BANNERS, INSIGNIA, ETC. GAMES, AMUSEMENTS, ETC. GEOGRAPHY-TERMS IN HERALDRY GEOLOGY HYDRAULICS INSECTS, LARVE, PUPE, ETC. ICHTHYOLOGY LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, AND RAILROAD MACHINERY MATHEMATICS, INCLUDING ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY, CONIC SECTIONS, ETC. MECHANICAL POWERS MECHANICS, MACHINERY, ETC. MIDDLE AGES- DAYS OF CHIVALRY, ETC.-ARMOR, DRESS, ETC. MILITARY TERMS- ARMS, PROJECTILES, WEAPONS, ETC. MOLLUSKS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MYTHOLOGY, IDOLS, ETC. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, OPTICS, ETC. ORINTHOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY PHILOSOPHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS PLANTS, SHRUBS, FLOWERS, AND FRUITS PUNISHMENT- MODES OF, QUADRUPEDS RACES OF MEN RADIATE ANIMALS OF RADIATA RELIGION- UTENTSILS, DRESS, ETC. USED IN WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES REPTILES SHIPS AND NAUTICAL AFFAIRS SIGNS USED FOR LETTERS BY THE DEAF AND DUMB TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS, VESSELS, INSTRUMENTS, ETC. TREES AND THEIR FRUITS VEHICLES FOR LAND AND AERIAL LOCOMOTION STATIONARY AND LOCOMOTIVE STEAM ENGINES SNOW, HAIL, DEW, HOAR FROST, ICE ARCHAEOLOGY- ILLUSTRATING THE REMAINS OF THE STONE AGE AND OF THE BRONZE AGE PALEONTOLOGY- PETRIFIED OR FOSSIL REMAINS OF ANCIENT ORGANIC BEINGS THE MECHANICAL POWERS- VARIOUS FORMS OF THE LEVEE, PULLEY, WHELL, AND AXEL, INCLINED PLANE, WEDGE AND SCREW THE HUMAN SKELETON MUSCLES OF THE HUMAN BODY ANCIENT ALPHABETS REMARKABLE ALPHABETS TITLE PAGE OF DICTIONARY-ACTUAL PAGE I COPYRIGHT INFORMATION-ACTUAL PAGE ii PREFACE- ACTUAL START PAGE iii-END PAGE viii CONTENTS- ACTUAL PAGE ix INDEX- ACTUAL PAGE x EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION OF 1847- ACTUAL PAGE xi-xiv AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1828- ACTUAL PAGE xv-xvi MEMOIR OF NOAH WEBSTER- ACTUAL PAGE xvii-xxii A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE- ACTUAL PAGE xxiii-xxxix KEY TO THE PRONUNCIATION- ACTUAL PAGE xl PRINCIPLES OF PRONUNCIATION, WITH EXPLANATIONS OF THE KEY- ACTUAL PAGE xli-lxiii ORTHOGRAPHY- ACTUAL PAGE lxiv-lxxi ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS WORK- ACTUAL PAGE lxxii