Author: J. J. MoorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The British Mariner's Vocabulary
Author: J. J. MoorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Mariner's Dictionary, Or American Seaman's Vocabulary of Technical Terms, and Sea Phrases ... Improved from an English Work [i.e. W. F.'s Marine Dictionary]. Illustrated, Etc
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Author: William FALCONER (Poet.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Altered English
Author: Jeffrey KacirkPublisher: Pomegranate
ISBN: 9780764920196
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Over the centuries, English words have drifted from their original purposes and acquired vastly different meanings. Consider the word "bad," which today means "great." Or "tryst," now a romantic liaison, in the England of 500 years ago meant "a fair for black cattle, horses, and sheep." Author Jeffrey Kacirk, a man intrigued by words, has sifted through mountains of discarded meanings to arrive at the almost 1,500 entries in this fascinating romp through the ever-changing world of lexicography. His goal is to "leave the reader with a sense of where many modern usages may have come from, or in some cases, have strayed". Study the altered meanings in this fun book and you'll be able to "razzle-dazzle" (originally, a daylong drinking bout) your friends and acquaintances. Kacirk has collected current words and provided earlier definitions and their sources alphabetically, beginning with abandon ('to banish, to drive away' --John Phin, 1902) and ending with a zig-zag ('drunk' --Edward Fraser and John Gibbons, 1925). Kacirk's book is a flip-through find, perfect for everyone from lay word nerds to top-dollar scholars.
An English and Hindostanee Naval Dictionary of technical terms and sea phrases ... To which is prefixed a short grammar of the Hindostanee language, etc
Author: Thomas RoebuckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
An English and Hindoostanee naval dictionary
Author: Thomas RoebuckThe Hindoostanee Interpreter, Containing the Rudiments of Grammar, an Extensive Vocabulary and ... Dialogues; 2 Ed. to which is Added a Naval Dictionary .. by Thomas Roebuck
Author: William Carmichael SmythPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Subject List of Works on Military and Naval Arts
Author: Great Britain. Patent Office. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Language and Culture in Medieval Britain
Author: Jocelyn Wogan-BrownePublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1903153476
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
The essays in this volume form a new cultural history focused round, but not confined to, the presence and interactions of francophone speakers, writers, readers, texts and documents in England from the 11th to the later 15th century.
A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: William UpcottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description