The author is under special obligations to his friends Mr. Justin Winsor, Mr. William A. Wheeler, and Mr. Loomis J. Campbell for the interest they have manifested in the progress of the work, and for their valuable suggestions and criticisms.
Brookline , January 2d, 1871.
A DICTIONARY
OF
ENGLISH SYNONYMES.
EXPLANATORY TABLE.
| a. | stands for Adjective. |
| ad. | Adverb. |
| Alg. | Algebra. |
| Anat. | Anatomy. |
| Arch. | Architecture. |
| Arith. | Arithmetic. |
| Astrol. | Astrology. |
| Astron. | Astronomy. |
| Bot. | Botany. |
| Chem. | Chemistry. |
| Com. | Commerce. |
| conj. | Conjunction. |
| Eccl. | Ecclesiastical. |
| Eng. | England, or English. |
| Ent. | Entomology. |
| Fort. | Fortification. |
| Fr. | French. |
| Geol. | Geology. |
| Geom. | Geometry. |
| Gram. | Grammar. |
| Gr. | Greek. |
| Her. | Heraldry. |
| Ich. | Ichthyology. |
| interj. | Interjection. |
| It. | Italian. |
| L. | Latin. |
| Math. | Mathematics. |
| Med. | Medicine. |
| Meteor. | Meteorology. |
| Mil. | Military. |
| Min. | Mineralogy. |
| Mythol. | Mythology. |
| Mus. | Music. |
| Naut. | Nautical. |
| n. | Noun. |
| Ornith. | Ornithology. |
| pl. | Plural. |
| prep. | Preposition. |
| Rhet. | Rhetoric. |
| Sculp. | Sculpture. |
| sing. | Singular. |
| Sp. | Spanish. |
| Surg. | Surgery. |
| Theol. | Theology. |
| U. S. | United States. |
| v. a. | Verb Active. |
| v. n. | Verb Neuter. |
| Zoöl. | Zoölogy. |
Small Capitals in the printing of a word or a phrase, indicate a reference to that word in its alphabetical place, where additional synonymes, or some information in regard to it, may be found.
When a word has more than one signification, the separate groups of synonymes, corresponding to the several meanings, are designated by figures.