

Volumes in a few cases he has corrected what was erroneous, as atĬhanieVf fedmaly goicpen, tarricrooJc, &c. Was re-editing, and, in cases of doubt, had frequent recourse to the original' The Editor has, ofĬourse, corrected whatever typographical errors occurred in the work he Jervise, Brechin, for several Forfarshire words. Work, and the valuable contributions he communicated, as well as to Robert Duncan, Lesmaliago, for the early interest he took in the

The Editor would also take tne liberty of expressing his thanks to Granted the Editor, in the most gr niaimer, fall permission to use his The intended republication of the Abridgment of Jamieson, spontaneously Sion to make use of his valuable Glossary, that gentleman, having heard of The Shetla7id and Orhney Dialect," by Thomas Edmondston, Esq.

He there procured a copy of the recently published " Etymological Glossary of Occasion to visit the Orkney Islands, and, in addition to words indicatedīy Robert Scarth, Esq., Banker, and contributed by Mr. When nearly the half of the work had been printed, the Editor had That responded to the request, therefore, the Editor and Publisher make Jamieson was not person-Īlly acquainted with the dialect of the northern counties, he asked contri-īutions from those who were qualified thus to enrich the work. As he pro-Ĭeeded, however, it occurred to him that a word here and there mightĪdvantageously be added and, knowing that Dr. Undertook only to put the sheets correctly through the press. To reprint it in a similar form, but at a greatly reduced price. Of print, had fallen into the hands of Mr. The same editor next prepared anĪbridgment of the whole work, which was also published at Edinburgh inĪs the copyright of this edition, which for several years had been out Two quarto volumes, which were published at Edinburgh in 1840-41, with Tions contained in the Supplement, he was able to compress the work into Popular significations, into the original Dictionary. In which he incorporated the words of the Supplement, with their most John Johnstone prepared a second edition of this great work, Which were published at Edinburgh in 1825, and dedicated to his early Years to such an amount as enabled the author to produce, in the form ofĪ Sujpplement, other two volumes of equal size with their predecessors, Words contributed by students of Scottish literature, and gleaned by theĪuthor in the prosecution of his studies, accumulated in the course of a few Such was the interest excited by the work, that the additional Original work consisted of two quarto volumes, which were published atĮdinburgh by subscription, in 1808, and dedicated to George, Prince of Sult that wonderful store-house of philology and antiquarianism. Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, willĮver excite the admiration and gratitude of all that have occasion to con. The industry, perseverance, acuteness, research and learning displayed inĭr. National independence were from the earliest period ofĪuthentic history invariably connected with the Whose patriotic and successful exertions in defence op Language and early literature of a brave people, OR THE TITLES OF THE WORKS IN WHICH THEY OCCUR,Ī Beto SEHttion, HetiieJeii anti CEnlargeU, ti^ĮDITOR OF ' WALKER AND WEBSTER COMBINED,' ' WALKER'S RHYMING DICTIONARY,' ETC. THE WORDS ARE EXPLAINED IN THEIR DIFFERENT SENSES,ĪUTHORIZED BY THE NAMES OF THE WRITERS ^Y WHOM THEY ARE USED,
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