A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Vol. 8: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, Q, R, S-Sh (Classic

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Excerpt from A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, Vol. 8: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, Q, R, S-ShThis half-volume contains the words which begin with Q and R, the former being few in number in comparison with the latter. W'hen reckoned up according to the system adopted for previous letters, Q found to include 1633 Main words, 265 Combinations explained under these, and 423 Subordinate entries of obsolete or variant forms, in all 2321. The obvious Combinations, recorded and illustrated by quotations, but not requiring to be Cxplained, number 408 more. Of the Main words, 339 are marked T as obsolete, and 56 are marked H as alien or not fully naturalized.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.