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The Devil's Dictionary (New York and Washington: Neale Pub. Co., 1911), by Ambrose Bierce (Gutenberg text and audio)
The Devil's Dictionary (New York and Washington: Neale Pub. Co., 1911), by Ambrose Bierce
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The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz, illust. by Wallace Goldsmith
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The devil's dictionary (Mount Vernon, New York : Peter Pauper Press, [1958], 1958), by Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Low, and Peter Pauper Press (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Cynic's Word Book, by Ambrose Bierce (Gutenberg ebook)
The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days., by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg ebook)

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Rambles Among Words: Their Poetry, History and Wisdom (revised edition; New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co., 1872), by William Swinton
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A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from Their Present (New York: Redfield, 1859), by Richard Chenevix Trench
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A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from Their Present (second edition, revised and improved; London: J. W. Parker and Son, 1859), by Richard Chenevix Trench (HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.ocmo)
Words and Idioms: Studies in the English Language (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925), by Logan Pearsall Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
On the Study of Words, by Richard Chenevix Trench (Gutenberg text)
On the study of words (Redfield, 1855), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words : lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils at the diocesan training-school, Winchester; (A. C. Armstrong & son, 1883), by Richard Chenevix Trench, Thomas Danly Suplée, and A. L. Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words, (A. C. Armstrong & son, 1893), by Richard Chenevix Trench, Thomas Danly Suplée, and A. L. Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
Horse. (Philadelphia, Pa., 1919), by Emily Foulkrod (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words : lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils at the diocesan training school, Winchester (Macmillan and Co., 1882), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
The open door; a library reference work book (Stanford university press, 1934), by Edwina Hegland and Sheridan Hegland (page images at HathiTrust)
A statistical study of the comparative results produced by teaching derivation in the ninth grade Latin classes and in the ninth grade English classes of non-Latin pupils in four Philadelphia high schools ... (Philadelphia, 1923), by Raymond Isaac Haskell (page images at HathiTrust)
English words and their background (D. Appleton and company, 1923), by George Harley McKnight (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the study of words (Macmillan Co., 1892), by Richard Chenevix Trench, Theodore W. Hunt, and A. L. Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
Four words; romantic, originality, creative, genius (Clarendon press, 1924), by Logan Pearsall Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words [and] English past and present. (J. M. Dent;, 1927), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
Joy and freude; a comparative study of the linguistic field of pleasurable emotions in English and German (Distributed by the Swarthmore College Bookstore, 1941), by Karl Reuning (page images at HathiTrust)
Swift, swiftly, and their synonyms; a contribution to semantic analysis and theory. (Elanders boktr., 1921), by Gustaf Stern (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A history of English critical terms. (Heath, 1898), by J. W. Bray (page images at HathiTrust)
Words; their use and abuse. (S. C. Griggs and company, 1878), by William Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present. (Macmillan & co., 1873), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
Words and idioms; studies in the English language. (Constable, 1928), by Logan Pearsall Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
The worth of words (Hinds & Noble, 1903), by Ralcy Husted Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
English words and their background (D. Appleton and company, 1929), by George Harley McKnight (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Engelsk betydningslære (V. Pios boghandel, P. Branner, 1922), by N. Bøgholm (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Names of places in a transferred sense in English (H. Ohlsson, 1909), by Carl Johan Efvergren (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the study of words (George Routledge & sons, ltd.;, 1904), by Richard Chenevix Trench and Abram Smythe Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of words (E. P. Dutton and company, 1927), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust)
[Christian pamphlets. Vol. 9]. (s.n., 1859), by Philip Schaff, Grant Allen, Richard Chenevix Trench, and Charlotte Brontë (page images at HathiTrust)
Applied semantics : practical aids in communication, an approach to more effective use of language in social business, and professional situations (Tudor Press, 1951), by Joseph Gottland Brin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
History in English words (Methuen & Co. ltd., 1926), by Owen Barfield (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The study of words (H. W. Bell, 1904), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words. Lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils at the Diocesan training-school, Winchester (W.J. Widdleton, 1866), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words. (G. Routledge;, 1913), by Richard Chenevix Trench and Abram Smythe Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
A study on compound substantives in English. (Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri a.-b., 1911), by Nils Bergsten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Rambles among words: their poetry, history and wisdom. (C. Scribner; [etc., etc.], 1859), by William Swinton (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words (Redfield, 1852), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
The devil's dictionary (Mount Vernon, New York : Peter Pauper Press, [1958], 1958), by Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Low, and Peter Pauper Press (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the study of words (Redfield, 1853), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1904), by Richard Chenevix Trench and Anthony Lawson Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The fortunes of words; letters to a lady (A. Lovell & co., 1887), by Federico Garlanda (page images at HathiTrust)
Rambles in word lore : the poetry, history and wisdom of words. (Griffin, Bohn and co., 1863), by William Swinton (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1893), by Richard Chenevix Trench and Anthony Lawson Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words. Lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils at the diocesan training school, Winchester (Macmillan and Co., 1869), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present. (Parker, 1859), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
Words; their use and abuse. (Scott, Foresman & co., 1907), by William Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
On names of things as designations for human beings in English; a sematological study (Printed by H. Ohlsson, 1910), by Arvid Johannes Magnus Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The word : a philosophy of words. (Filmer Brothers Press, 1958), by Edna Sarah Beardsley (page images at HathiTrust)
Rambles among words: their poetry, history and wisdom. (Ivison, 1880), by William Swinton (page images at HathiTrust)
Words; their use and abuse. (S.C. Griggs and company, 1877), by William Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
Words and idioms : studies in the English language (Constable & Company Ltd., 1925), by Logan Pearsall Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the study of words : lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils at the diocesan training-school, Winchester (A. C. Armstrong, 1882), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present (Redfield, 1859), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present (K. Paul, Trench & Co., 1890), by Richard Chenevix Trench and A. L. Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
On names of things as designations for human beings in English; a sematological study. (Lund, 1910), by Arvid Johannes Magnus Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Words; their use and abuse. (Scott, Foresman, 1896), by William Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
Study of words. (Macmillan, 1900), by Richard Chenevix Trench, Theodore W. Hunt, and A. L. Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
The study of words (Funk & Wagnalls company, 1911), by Richard Chenevix Trench and Grenville Kleiser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the study of words (Redfield, 1859), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words : Lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils at the diocesan training-school, Winchester (W. J. Widdleton, 1860), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words : lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils of the diocesan training-school, Winchester (New York : W.J. Widdleton, 1863), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present (J. W. Parker and son, 1859), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words : five lectures addressed to the pupils at the Diocesan Training School, Winchester (John W. Parker and Son, 1851), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of words (E. P. Dutton and company, 1913), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words. Lectures addressed originally to the pupils at the Diocesan Training-School, Winchester. From the latest rev. English ed. With an exhaustive analysis, additional words for illustration, and questions for examination (A.C. Armstrong, 1880), by Richard Chenevix Trench and Thomas D. Suplée (page images at HathiTrust)
Words ; their use and abuse (S. C. Griggs, 1888), by William Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of words. (Dover Publications, 1961), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of words. (Dover Publications, 1960), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of words. (Dover Publications, 1911), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the study of words (Redfield, 1856), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words : lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils of the Diocesan training-school, Winchester (W.J. Widdleton, 1861), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
The effect of the misuse of familiar words on the character of men and the fate of nations (Trübner & Co., 1856), by David Urquhart (page images at HathiTrust)
A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present (Macmillan and Co., 1865), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
Rambles among words : their poetry, history and wisdom (D. Thomas, 1864), by William Swinton (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words (Redfield, 1854), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
Words; their use and abuse. (S. C. Griggs and company, 1892), by William Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words (The Macmillan Company, 1920), by Richard Chenevix Trench and Anthony Lawson Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of words. (Dutton, 1922), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust)
Rambles among words: their poetry, history and wisdom. (Griffin, 1861), by William Swinton (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words (Kegan Paul, Trench, 1888), by Richard Chenevix Trench and Anthony Lawson Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words. (Macmillan, 1890), by Richard Chenevix Trench and A. L. Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of words (J. Murray, 1917), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Names of places in a transferred sense in English : a sematological study. ([s.n.], 1909), by Carl Efvergren (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the study of words. ([s.n.], 1904), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the study of words (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1910), by Richard Chenevix Trench and A. L. Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
A Select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present (Macmillan and Co., 1879), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of words. (E. P. Dutton, 1913), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words: lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils at the diocesan training-school, Winchester (W.J. Widdleton, 1878), by Richard Chenevix Trench, Thomas D. Suplée, and Anthony Lawson Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
Words; their use and abuse. (S.C. Griggs and company, 1879), by William Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of words (Musson, 1915), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Words, their use and abuse (Rose-Belford, 1880), by William Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present (Macmillan and co., 1879), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
Words, Study of. (A. C. Armstrong and Son, 1887), by Richard Chenevix Trench, Thomas D. Suplée, and Thomas D. Suplée (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words : lectures addressed (originally) to the pupils at the diocesan training school, Winchester (Macmillan and co., 1876), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
On the study of words : from the second London edition, revised and enlarged (Redfield, 1853), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present (Macmillan and co., 1873), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
Beiträge zur lehre vom bedeutungswandel der wörter im englischen. Teil I: Die qualitätsverschlechterung einiger wörter ... (1904), by Johannes Kollberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A semantic count of English words (The Institute of educational research, Teachers college, Columbia university, 1938), by Irving Lorge, Edward L. Thorndike, and Columbia University. Teachers College. Institute of Educational Research (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Political words and phrases. (Graduate School, Ohio State University, 1945), by Ohio State University. Graduate school Committee on Linguistic Studies and Hans Sperber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Beiträge zur Lehre von Bedeutungswandel der Wörter im Englischen. Teil I. (Hartungsche Buchdruckerei, 1904), by Johannes Kollberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Zum Bedeutungswandel englischer Wörter. (Gerlach, 1908), by Ernst Max Müller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The test-retest reliability of children's ratings on the semantic differential (Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1964), by Francis J Di Vesta and Walter Dick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
An analytical dictionary of the English language : in which the words are explained in the order of their natural affinity, independent of alphabetical arrangement; and the signification of each is traced from its etymology ... to which are added, an introduction, containing a new grammar of the language, and an alphabetical index, for the ease of consultation (Printed for J. Cochrane, 1835), by David Booth (page images at HathiTrust)
Study of words (W.J. Widdleton, 1860), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
Semantic confusion : a report from Atlas files (Published for the Society by University of Alabama Press, 1960), by Harold B. Allen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the study of words (Macmillan, 1914), by Richard Chenevix Trench and A. L. Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
A semantic count of English words (New York City, The Institute of Educational Research, Teachers College, Columbia University : [publisher not identified], 1938., 1938), by Irving Lorge, Edward L. Thorndike, and Columbia University. Teachers College. Institute of Educational Research (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
History in English words, by Owen Barfield (Gutenberg ebook)
A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present, by Richard Chenevix Trench, ed. by A. L. Mayhew (Gutenberg ebook)
Words; Their Use and Abuse, by William Mathews (Gutenberg ebook)
The Romance of Words (4th ed.), by Ernest Weekley (Gutenberg ebook)

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