Excerpt from Allison's Webster's Counting-House Dictionary of the English Language, and Dictionary of Electricity, Electrical Terms and Apparatus I have not considered it necessary, nor indeed had I room, to re-spell for pronunciation more than the primary or root-word, or, at least, the most commonly used word of each group: the following or derivative words are simply accented. And when emphasis or greater distinctness in the panzuphs is required. They are italicised. The meanings of participles. Adverbs and adjectives are not always given, but may be inferred from the preceding definition, as I have more fully explained under Piiiirixss Aim Pos'rrixss, iii the latter pages of this Dictionary. The participles which are formed naturally from their verbs, I have not entered, as a rule. Except where modern usage has converted them into adjectives requiring a definition. The nomenclature of various sciences, especially Agricultural Chemistry, Botany, Geology, Zoology, Physiology, etc., which are usually ignored in school dictionaries, I have taken considerable pains to introduce and explain, and in regard to the first-named. I claim for this work a special usefulness and fullness by virtue of my long experience as an Agricultural Editor. In the department of English Phrases I have also endeavored to give it an exceptional value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.