English dictionaries of the 18th century?

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Sat Apr 5 08:35:15 UTC 2008


On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 11:18:37PM -0400, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> What would be one or two of the most well-reputed and/or widely used
> dictionaries of English in the second half of the 18th century?

Samuel Johnson.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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