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• Glossographia Anglicana Nova: or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words of Whatever Language, As Are At Present Used in the English Tongue, With Their Etymologies, Definition, &c. (London: Printed for D. Brown, et al., 1707), contrib. by Thomas Blount (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of foreign words and phrases : compiled from English sources and containing foreign words, phrases, mottos, proverbs, place names, titles, allusions and abbreviations from the Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Hebrew and other foreign languages, together with English equivalents and definitions and a supplement in Greek orthography. (Philosophical Library, 1950), by Maxim Newmark (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Stanford dictionary of anglicised words and phrases (University Press, 1892), by C. A. M. Fennell and John Frederick Stanford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of foreign terms found in English and American writings of yesterday and today. (Thomas Y. Crowell company, 1934), by C. O. Sylvester Mawson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of foreign terms. (Crowell, 1963), by C. O. Sylvester Mawson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of foreign words (Littlefield, Adams, 1962), by Maxim Newmark (page images at HathiTrust)
• Word-book of the English tongue (Routledge, 1917), by C. L. Dessoulavy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nieuw en volkomen konstwoordenboek (By Kornelis de Veer, 1768), by Egbert Buys, Kornelis de Veer, Jacobus Houbraken, and Pieter Frederik de la Croix (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of foreign words and phrases (Littlefield, Adams, 1962), by Maxim Newmark (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An Englis[h] expositor[:] teaching the in[ter]pretation of the harde[st] words [vsed] in our language. With sundry [ex]plicat[ions, de]scriptions [, and d]iscourses. By I.B. ... (London : Printed by Iohn Legatt, 1621), by J. B. (John Bullokar) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Glossographia, or, A dictionary interpreting all such hard words of whatsoever language now used in our refined English tongue with etymologies, definitions and historical observations on the same : also the terms of divinity, law, physick, mathematicks and other arts and sciences explicated / by T.B. (London : Printed by Tho. Newcombe for George Sawbridge, 1661), by Thomas Blount (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An English expositor teaching the interpretation of the hardest words used in our language : with sundry explications, descriptions and discourses / by I.B., doctor of physick. (London : Printed by Iohn Legatt and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, 1641), by J. B. (John Bullokar) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Memorirbuch in vergleichender uebersicht der ursprünglich deutschen wörter im englischen. Nach dem system der organischen lautverschiebung geordnet, und für den schul- und privatgebrauch als anhang zu jeder grammatik zusammengestellt von Gustav André. (H. Haessel, 1870), by Gustav André (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hobson-Jobson: The Anglo-Indian Dictionary, by Henry Yule and Arthur Coke Burnell (frame- and JavaScript-dependent HTML at Bibliomania)
• Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, by Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell, ed. by William Crooke (Gutenberg ebook)

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• A Few Practical Suggestions (Society for Pure English Tract #3; 1920), by Logan Pearsall Smith (Gutenberg text and page images)
• Letters to 'Squire Pedant, in the East (second edition; Cincinnati: Applegate and Co., 1856), by Samuel K. Hoshour
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• Das skandinavische element in den neuenglischen dialekten ... (A. Koch, 1914), by Georg Xandry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters to Squire Pedant in the East (Print. and Pub. House, 1870), by Samuel K. Hoshour (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Stanford dictionary of anglicised words and phrases (University Press, 1892), by C. A. M. Fennell and John Frederick Stanford (page images at HathiTrust)
• New words self-defined (Doubleday, Page & Co., 1919), by C. Alphonso Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur Betonung der lateinisch-romanischen Wörter im Neuenglischen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Zeit von ca. 1560 bis ca. 1660 (C. Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1908), by Ernst Metzger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur Geschichte der nicht-germanischen Lehnwörter im Englischen : A. Die Quantitäten der Accentvokale in ne. offenen Silben mehrsilbiger Lehnwörter (im Auszug) (Druckerei W. Wagner, 1904), by Casimir C. Heck (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of foreign words in English. (Barnes & Noble, 1961), by Mary Sidney Serjeanston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die neuenglischen Scheideformen. (Dietz, 1882), by Karl Warnke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mixed languages. (Longmans, Green, and co., 1876), by James Cresswell Clough (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook of the engrafted words of the English language, embracing those of Gothic, Celtic, French, Latin, and Greek origin on the basis of the hand-books of the Anglo-Saxon root-words and derivatives... (Parker, 1853), by James Scott and John Liddell Chapman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur geschichte der nicht-germanischen lehnwörter im englischen. A. Die quantitäten der accentvokale in ne. offenen silben mehrsilbiger lehnwörter. (Im auszug) ... (Druckerei W. Wagner, 1904), by Casimir Carl Heck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Echoes of the Pilgrim Fathers' speech ([s.n.], 1923), by Adriaan Jacob Barnouw (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports, and elementary works ; with historical and explanatory notes ; Alphabetically arranged, and tr. into English ... (Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1869), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glossographia Anglicana nova, or, A dictionary, interpreting such hard words of whatever language, as are at present used in the English tongue, with their etymologies, definitions, &c. : also, the terms of divinity, law, physick, mathematicks, grammar, poetry, musick, heraldry, architecture, painting, war, and all other arts and sciences are herein explain'd, from the best modern authors, as, Sir Isaac Newton, Dr. Harris, Dr. Gregory, Mr. Lock, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Blunt, &c. Very useful to all those that desire to understand what they read. (Printed for Dan. Brown, Tim. Goodwin, John Walthoe, M. Newborough, John Nicholson, Benj. Took, D. Midwinter, and Fran. Goggan, 1707) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary: being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports and elementary works : with historical and explanatory notes (Lewis & Blood, 1860), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports, and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes : alphabetically arranged, and tr. into English (Gould, Banks & co. ; [etc., etc.], 1845), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes : alphabetically arranged, and translated into English, for the use of the members of the legal profession, law students, sheriffs, justices of the peace, etc. etc. (J.S. Voorhies, 1843), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports, and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes : alphabetically arranged, and tr. into English ... (Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1877), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Troublesome words and how to use them : not a dictionary--not a spelling book, but a handy desk companion for the busy man and woman, the stenographer, the teacher, and the student, with a complete and copious index (G. Sully and company, 1924), by William Lesley Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die gegenseitigen Beziehungen der deutschen, englischen und französischen Sprache auf lexikologischem Gebiete (C.A. Koch, 1912), by Karl Bergmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• The handy English word book, forming a complete dictionary appendix: containing English spellings and spelling rules; the dictionary of English inflected words; punctuation based on the analysis of sentences; a copious list of foreign quotations re-spelt for pronunciation. (W.P. Nimmo, 1877), by James Stormonth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports, and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes (Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1889), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beitra ge zur wortgeschichte der nichtgermanischen lehnwo rter im Englischen.: Die quantita ten der accentvokale in N. E. offenen silben mehrsilbiger wo rter (Niemeyer, 1906), by Casimir Carl Heck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hobson-Jobson; being a glossary of Anglo-Indian colloquial words and phrases, and of kindred terms; etymological, historical, geographical, and discursive. (J. Murray, 1886), by Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A few practical suggestions (The Clarendon press, 1920), by Logan Pearsall Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Newspaper and general reader's pocket companion. (J.F. Shaw and Co., 1859), by Author of Live and learn (page images at HathiTrust)
• A law dictionary, adapted to the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and of the several states of the American union : with references to the civil and other systems of foreign law, to which is added Kelham's Dictionary of the Norman and Old French language (G. W. Childs, 1867), by John Bouvier and Robert Kelham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law glossary : being a selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian sentences, phrases, and maxims, found in the leading English and American reports and elementary works, with historical and explanatory notes : alphabetically arranged, and translated into English. (Lewis & Blood, 1860), by Thomas Tayler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of foreign words and phrases (Littlefield, Adams, 1962), by Maxim Newmark (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A laboratory course in general language. Books 1-2. (H. Holt, 1929), by Lilly Lindquist (page images at HathiTrust)
• Niederländisches lehngut im mittelenglischen; ein beitrag zur englischen wortgeschichte mit benutzung einer von dr. O. Zippel handschriftlich hinterlassenen materialsammlung (M. Niemeyer, 1926), by Johannes Michael Toll and Otto Zippel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Gaelic etymology of the languages of western Europe and more especially of the English and Lowland Scotch, and of their slang, cant, and colloquial dialects. (Pub. for the author by N. Trübner and co., 1877), by Charles Mackay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Keltisches Wortgut im englischen; eine sprachliche Untersuchung. (Max Niemeyer, 1921), by Max Förster (page images at HathiTrust)

• Holland's influence on English language and literature (C. Grentzebach, 1916), by T. De Vries (page images at HathiTrust)

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