See also:

• NOAH (ni, rest; Septuagint, New Testament, Philo, Josephus, Na*, N&i os, Nweos: Vulg. Noe)

NOAH See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• NOAH WEBSTER (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

WEBSTER (1758-1843)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American lexicographer and journalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 16th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1758 . He was descended from See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster of Hartford, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Connecticut in 1656-1657, and on his See also:

• MOTHER

mother's See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side from Governor See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

Bradford of See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth . He entered Yale in 1774, graduating in 1778 . He studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at Hartford in 1781 . In 1782-1783 he taught in a classical school at See also:

• GOSHEN

Goshen, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, and became convinced of the need of better textbooks of See also:

• ENGLISH

English . In 1783-1785 he published at Hartford A Grammatical See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of the English See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

Language, in three parts, a spelling-See also:

• BOOK

book, a See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and a reader . This was the See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer American See also:

• WORK

work in its See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, and it soon found a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in most of the See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of the See also:

• UNITED

United States . During the twenty years in which Webster was preparing his See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary, his income from the spelling-book, though the See also:

• ROYALTY (0. Fr. realte, reialte, royaulte, from Med. Lat. regalitas, the substantive of regalis, of or belonging to a king, rex)

royalty was less than a cent a copy, was enough to support his See also:

• FAMILY

family; and before 1861 the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale reached more than a million copies ayear . The wide use of this book contributed greatly to uniformity of See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation in the United States, and, with his dictionary, secured the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption in the United States of a simpler See also:

• SYSTEM

system of spelling than that current in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In 1785 he published Sketches of American Policy, in which he argued for a constitutional See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government whose authority should be vested in See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress . This he regarded as the first distinct proposal for a United States Constitution, and when in 1787 the work of the commissioners was completed at See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, where Webster was then living as See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, he wrote in behalf of the constitution an Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution . In 1788 he started in New York the American See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, but it failed at the end of a See also:

• YEAR

year, and he resumed the practice of law at Hartford .

In 1793, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to support See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington's See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, he removed to New York and established a daily See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, the See also:

• MINERVA

Minerva (afterwards the Commercial Advertiser), and later a semi-weekly paper, the See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald (afterwards the New York Spectator) . In 1798 he removed to New Haven . He served in the Connecticut See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Represen- tatives in 1800 and 1802-07, and as a See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge in 1807-11 . In 1807 he published A Philosophical and See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical Grammar of the English Language . In 18o6 he had brought out A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, and in 1807 he began work on his dictionary . While engaged on it he removed in 1812 to See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, where he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Trustees of the Academy and assisted in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding Amherst See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College . He was also a member of the General See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court of Massachusetts . In 1822 he returned to New Haven, and the next year he received the degree of LL.D. from Yale . He spent a year (1824-1825) abroad, working on his dictionary, in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and at the university of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, where he finished his See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript . The work came out in 1828 in two volumes . It contained 12,000 words and from 30,000 to 40,000 See also:

• DEFINITIONS

definitions that had not appeared in any earlier dictionary . An English edition soon followed .

In 1840 the second edition, corrected and enlarged, came out, in two volumes . He completed the revision of an appendix a few days before his See also:

• DEATH

death, which occurred in New Haven on the 28th of May 1843 . The dictionary was revised in 1847 under the editorship of See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

• CHAUNCEY, ISAAC (1772–1840)

Chauncey A . See also:

• GOODRICH, or GOODRICKE, THOMAS (d. 1554)
• GOODRICH, SAMUEL GRISWOLD (1793-1860)

Goodrich and published in one See also:

• VOLUME

volume . In 1859 a pictorial edition was issued . In 1864 it was revised mainly under the direction of Professor See also:

• NOAH (ni, rest; Septuagint, New Testament, Philo, Josephus, Na*, N&i os, Nweos: Vulg. Noe)

Noah See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

Porter, and again in 1890 under the same direction, the latter revision appearing with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Dictionary of the English Language . The latter was again issued in 1900, with a supplement of 25,000 words and phrases, under the supervision of William See also:

• TORREY, JOHN (1796—1873)

Torrey See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris, who edited another revision, in 1909, under the title of the New International Dictionary of the English Language . It has frequently been abridged . Among Webster's other See also:

• WORKS

works are See also:

• DISSERTATIONS

Dissertations on the English Language (1789), a course of lectures that he had given three years before in some of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief American cities; Essays (179o) ; The Revolution in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France (1794) ; A Brief See also:

• HISTORY

History of Epidemics and Pestilential Diseases (1799), in two vols.; The Rights of Neutral Nations in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

Time of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (1802); See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Notices of the Origin and See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State of Banking Institutions and See also:

• INSURANCE

Insurance Offices (18o2); and A Collection of Papers on See also:

• POLITICAL

Political, See also:

• LITERARY

Literary, and Moral Subjects (1843), which included " On the Supposed See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

Change in the Temperature of See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

Winter," a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise showing See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and careful See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research . He also published Governor John See also:

• WINTHROP
• WINTHROP, JOHN (1588-1649)
• WINTHROP, JOHN (1606-1676)
• WINTHROP, ROBERT CHARLES (1809-1894)

Winthrop's See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal in 179o, and wrote a History of the United States, of which a revised edition appeared in 1839 . See Memoir of Noah Webster by his son-in-law, Professor Chauncey A . Goodrich, in the See also:

• QUARTO

quarto See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the Dictionary, also Noah Webster (1882), by See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace E .