A Rhyming Dictionary
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- A Dictionary of the English Language (London, 1775) external link external link2
- full title: A Dictionary of the English Language: Answering at Once the Purposes of Rhyming, Spelling, and Pronouncing. On a Plan Not Hitherto Attempted. In Which, I. The Whole Language Is Arranged According to Its Terminations. II. Every Word Is Explained and Divided into Syllables Exactly as Pronounced. III. Multitudes of Words Liable to a Double Pronunciation Are Fixed in Their True Sound, by a Rhyme. IV. Several Words of Established Usage, Not to Be Found in Our Best Dictionaries, Are Inserted, and the Most Difficult Words Are Rendered Easy to Be Pronounced by Being Classed According to Their Endings. To Which Is Prefixed a Copious Introduction to the Various Uses of the Work, with Critical and Practical Observations on Orthography, Syllabication, Pronunciation, and Rhyme; and for the Purposes of Poetry Is Added an Index of Allowable Rhymes. With Authorities for Their Usage from Our Best Authors.
- A Rhyming Dictionary (2nd edition, London, 1806) external link
- full title: A Rhyming Dictionary: Answering, at the Same Time, the Purposes of Spelling and Pronouncing the English Language, on a Plan Not Hitherto Attempted. In Which I. The Whole Language Is Arranged According to Its Terminations. II. Every Word Is Explained and Divided into Syllables Exactly as Pronounced. III. Multitudes of Words Liable to a Double Pronunciation Are Fixed in Their True Sound, by a Rhyme. IV. Many of the Most Difficult Words Are Rendered Easy to Be Pronounced by Being Classed According to Their Endings. V. Numerous Classes of Words Are Ascertained in Their Pronunciation by Distinguishing Them into Perfect, Nearly Perfect, and Allowable Rhymes. To Which Is Prefixed a Copious Introduction to the Various Uses of the Work, with Critical and Practical Observations on Orthography, Syllabication, Pronunciation, and Rhyme; and, for the Purpose of Poetry, Is Added, an Index of Allowable Rhymes. With Authorities for Their Usage from Our Best Poets.
- A Rhyming Dictionary (3rd edition, London, 1819) external link
- full title: A Rhyming Dictionary: Answering, at the Same Time, the Purposes of Spelling and Pronouncing the English Language, on a Plan Not Hitherto Attempted. In Which I. The Whole Language Is Arranged According to It's Terminations. II. Every Word Is Explained and Divided into Syllables Exactly as Pronounced. III. Multitudes of Words, Liable to a Double Pronunciation, Are Fixed in Their True Sound, by a Rhyme. IV. Many of the Most Difficult Words Are Rendered Easy to Be Pronounced by Being Classed According to Their Endings. V. Numerous Classes of Words Are Ascertained in Their Pronunciation by Distinguishing Them into Perfect, Nearly Perfect, and Allowable Rhymes. To Which Is Prefixed a Copious Introduction to the Various Uses of the Work, with Critical and Practical Observations on Orthography, Syllabication, Pronunciation, and Rhyme; and, for the Purpose of Poetry, Is Added, an Index of Allowable Rhymes. With Authorities for Their Usage from Our Best Poets.