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Webster 1828 and 1913, side by side, plus Bible names
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About these dictionaries
1828: Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, the dictionary of the early republic, with many usage examples from the King James Bible. The text comes from two separate scans of a public-domain edition, checked against each other word by word. A misread letter can still slip through; if you spot one, send feedback with the word.
1913: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, edited by Noah Porter, from the public-domain text at Project Gutenberg. Greek letters and pronunciation marks did not survive in that text, so origins show "[Greek]" where a Greek word stood.
Bible names: Hitchcock's Bible Names (what a name means), Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) and Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), all public domain, from the CrossWire Bible Society's free editions. Every word in the King James Bible finds something here: its own entry, its root (begat under beget, crieth under cry, honour under honor), its two halves (threshingfloor), or, for a few minor names no dictionary lists, the verses it appears in.
Neither Webster has modern words. For today's meaning, use any current dictionary. Scripture references link to the KJV reader; for words that mean different things in different jobs, see Dragoman.