An English Dictionary, explaining the difficult Terms that are used in Divinity, Husbandry, [etc.]

E[lisha] Coles

An English Dictionary, explaining the difficult Terms that are used in Divinity, Husbandry, [etc.]

London

Samuel Crouch

1676

The schoolmaster Elisha Coles published a long list of textbooks, turning to dictionaries only in the last five years of his short life. His English Dictionary contained more entries than any comparable dictionary to date—nearly 25,700. He defended his inclusion of low words in practical terms: “’Tis no disparagement to understand the Canting Terms. It may chance to save your throat from being cut, or (at least) your pocket from being pickt.” 

Ex coll. Karolyne & Bryan A. Garner. HHD no. 20