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245 4 _aThe chambers dictionary.
260 _aEH :
_bChambers,
_cc2006.
300 _axxxi,1839p.
_c28 cm.
520 _aand references to works of literature that atre no longer widely read were clarified,with notes on all on all of the authors mentioned in classification labels being added as part of the appendices at the back of the book.
520 _afascinating words with the power to surprise and amuse.The dictionary's structure was made more transparent by clarifying the way the entries are arranged
520 _aobsolete and opaque language was removed from definitions
520 _aProvides the contemporary user with information on the unfamiliar :the words they come across in our literary heritage
520 _aunusual words as well as commonly heard ones
520 _awords from the past as well as the present
520 _awords from the the diferent dialectsof English
650 _aEnglish language--Dictionaries
_2sears
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