A Dictionary of the Scottish Language; containing an explanation of the words used by the most celebrated ancient and modern Scottish Authors. Second edition.
A Dictionary of the Scottish Language; containing an explanation of the words used by the most celebrated ancient and modern Scottish Authors. Second edition.

A Dictionary of the Scottish Language; containing an explanation of the words used by the most celebrated ancient and modern Scottish Authors. Second edition.

  • [Picken, Ebenezer]
  • Edinburgh: Printed for James Sawer 1818

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12mo, pp. xi, [i], 251, [1]. Original buff printed paper boards, edges rough-trimmed. Some spotting. Boards marked and rubbed, joints cracked but holding, losses to head and foot of spine panel. Ink ownership inscription of Peter Douglas dated 1838 to front and rear endpapers.

Notes

The second edition of this early Scots dictionary by Scottish poet Ebenezer Picken (1769-1816), published anonymously and posthumously. It contained enough original material that Jamieson used it as a source for his 1820s Supplement to the monumental Etymological Dictionary of 1808.

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