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CLARENDON PRESS NEW LIST THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY . COMPLETION OF THE FIRST VOLUME . A—B . Part Just IV published ., BEA— , Vol CA . SS I . , , 4 A to — . paper B , Toyal covers 4 to . , half 12 * . - 6 m d orocco . ; or separately , £ 2 . 12 a . 6 , Section d . ( may I als ., o Bba be — had Byz h , andsomely Is . 6 d . ; Section bound in II . wh , C— ole C rassia ass , 5 ) s . . ) A NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY ON HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES . Founded mainly on the Materials collected by the Philological Society . Edited by JAMES A . H . MURRAY , President B . A . Lond of ., the Hon Philological . M . A . Oxon . Society , LL . D . ; Edin ., D . C . L . Dunelm ., & c . ; sometime ¦ with the assistance of many Scholars and Men of Science . THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY aims at furnishing an adequate account of the meaning , origin , and history of-English words now in general use , or known to have been in use at ( any 1 ) To time show during with the regard last 700 to each years . individual It endeavours word when : — , how , in what shape , and with what signification , it obsolete became Engb and which sh '; what survive development ; what new of uses form liave and since meaning arisen , it by has what since processes received , and ; which when ; of its uses have become ( 2 ) To illustrate these fact 3 by a series of quotations ranging from the first known occurrence of the word to the latest ( 3 ) or To down treat to the the etymology present day of each ; the word word strictly being thus on made th c basis to exh of ibit historical its own fact history , and and in accord meaning ance ; and with the methods and results of modern philological science . THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY embraces a vocabulary which will Dictionary be found . It to aims be at alike exhibiting in ancient the and history in modern and signification words much of the more Eng extensiv lish , words e th now an that in use of any or known existing to have been in use since the middle of the twelfth century . THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY in the present volume , of which reckoning A fills 603 and the B simple 637 pages combin , comprises ations of the obvious words meaning beginning , such with as the air letters - current A and air- B passage , containing which 31 are , 254 practically words , not unlimited . If these were reckoned the number would exceed 40 , 000 . , , SOME EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS . 1 That there is a sphere for literary excellence G -UjLIIDIjL even in lexicography N ' . Dr . 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