List of dictionaries

alexz Lexicon Technicum x. 1725 John Harris.
a technical dictionary. This book contains Isaac Newton's theory of the moon. (in the moon section) Contains all the science and arts terms of the day. Also has nice pictures. http://books.google.ca/books?id=0GdEAAAAcAAJ
The definition on Earthquakes is quite good: spoiler alert - Ocean Rising was totally predicted back then.
Mar 20, 2013

alexz Dictionary of Newfoundland English - onlne - Government of Newfoundland.
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/ Mar 17, 2013

alexz Criminal Slang: The Vernacular of the Underground Lingo (1913)
http://books.google.ca/books?id=nN81uyN8WmIC

1691. Nomo Lexicon - a lexicon of legal terms
http://books.google.ca/books?id=eZg0AQAAMAAJ

Lexicon Tetraglotton an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary:
by James Howell c. 1660
http://books.google.ca/books?id=PCtWAAAAYAAJ

1891 The Singapore Triglot Vocabulary (English Malay, and Chinese)
http://books.google.ca/books?id=JEG5iHc_w_YC

1855 Technology wordbook. http://books.google.ca/books?id=pQs2AQAAMAAJ Mar 1, 2013

alexz 1927 dictionary of slang and colloquialisms.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=lUYVAAAAIAAJ


A middle English dictionary - covers 1100-1400 c.1881
http://books.google.ca/books?id=4rIVAAAAYAAJ

1863 Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon
http://books.google.ca/books?id=ByNKAAAAcAAJ we get the words Skookum, Skookumchuck, and Salt Chuck from Chinook.

Atlas of languages 1996 - not a dictionary, but lists the languages spoken around the world, and how the languages were replaced or merged.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=glU0vte5gSkC

1877 Dictionary of Americanisms:
http://books.google.ca/books?id=j-U_AAAAYAAJ
Feb 21, 2013

alexz 1835 http://books.google.ca/books?id=Wwi5sUW6R18C
An analytical dictionary of the English language

This dictionary tells how words were formed from their roots.

A dictionary of lowland scottish 1888
http://goo.gl/cy6Es

http://books.google.ca/books?id=FckRAAAAIAAJ
1888 dictionary of lowland Scotch

The Sailors word book, 1867 Found the nautical terms for ice.
http://goo.gl/ZIhkR

Eskimo English Dictionary - 1890 for all those Eskimo words for snow that I did not add to my list of words for snow and ice.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=w2kSAAAAYAAJ


1882 An Anglo Saxon dictionary
http://books.google.ca/books?id=oXlii1KgDngC Joseph Bosworth

Hutton, Charles Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary 1795
http://archimedes.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/toc/toc.cgi?dir=hutto_dicti_078_en_1795;step=thumb

Thesaurus Geographicus - an early atlas of the world which described many places.
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23705166M/Thesaurus_geographicus_or_The_compleat_geographer

1808 http://books.google.ca/books?id=H6AmAQAAIAAJ
An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language Jamieson Feb 20, 2013

alexz 1675 http://books.google.ca/books?id=CFBGAAAAYAAJ
An universal etymological English dictionary;: comprehending the derivations ...
By Nathan Bailey

A link to a google book regarding early dictionaries.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=lJtwAAAAIAAJ&dq=thomas%20elyot&pg=PA319#v=onepage&q&f=false


the Ortus Vocabulorum 1532 a later latin-english dictionary
http://books.google.ca/books?id=AUg8AAAAcAAJ

The Lexicon 1530 written in latin.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=mfZKAAAAcAAJ

Bibliotheca Eliotæ. Eliotes Dictionaire, by Thomas Cooper 1559
no link to an online copy

Thomas Cooper wrote Thesaurus Linguae Romanae Et Britannicae
based on Thomas Elyot's book.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=eAaq0HCFRRsC

Homerica Lexicon - an ancient book.

Clavis Homerica - greek words used by Homer.
http://archive.org/details/clavishomericasi00leer

The Medulla Grammatice predates the Promptorium Parv. document
Feb 20, 2013