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Noah Webster
Noah Webster 1758-1843, American lexicographer and philologist, b. West Hartford, Conn., grad. Yale, 1778. After serving in the American Revolution, Webster practiced law in Hartford. His Grammatical Institute of the English Language, in three parts, speller, grammar, and reader (1783-85), was th... Read more
Noah Porter
Noah Porter 1811-92, American educator and philosopher, b. Farmington, Conn., grad. Yale, 1831. He entered the ministry in 1836. In 1846 he became professor of moral philosophy and metaphysics at Yale and from 1871 to 1886 was 12th president of the university. As president he steadfastly opposed mo... Read more
Amherst
Amherst town (1990 pop. 35,228), Hampshire co., central Mass., in a fertile farm area; inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeffery Amherst , it is a college town. Emily Dickinson was born and lived there all her life. Helen Hunt Jackson was also born there, and Ray Stannard Baker, Eugene Field, Robert Frost... Read more
West Hartford
West Hartford town (1990 pop. 60,110), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford ; settled c.1679, inc. 1854. Industrial production, which comprises a geographically small part of West Hartford, includes machinery, motor vehicle equipment, chemical products, and plastics. An affluent resid... Read more
Hartford
Hartford city (1990 pop. 139,739), state capital, Hartford co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled as Newtown 1635-36 on the site of a Dutch trading post (1633; abandoned 1654), inc. 1784. The second largest city in the state, it is a port of entry. Hartford was long ... Read more
New Haven
New Haven city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many manufactures, and the city serve... Read more
dictionary
dictionary published list, in alphabetical order, of the words of a language. In monolingual dictionaries the words are explained and defined in the same language; in bilingual dictionaries they are translated into another language. Modern dictionaries usually also provide phonetic transcriptions, ... Read more
newspaper
newspaper publication issued periodically, usually daily or weekly, to convey information and opinion about current events. Early Newspapers The earliest recorded effort to inform the public of the news was the Roman Acta diurna, instituted by Julius Caesar and posted daily in public pl... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to " Noah Webster"

Webster, Noah
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Noah Webster Born: October 16, 1758 West Hartford...Haven, Connecticut American lexicographer Noah Webster, American lexicographer (one who compiles...men in the United States. Early life Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in West... Read more
Noah Webster
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Noah Webster Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer, remembered now almost solely...more influential and most active literary men in the United States. Noah Webster was born on Oct. 16, 1758, in West Hartford, Conn. In 1774 he entered... Read more
WEBSTER, Noah
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language WEBSTER, Noah [1758–1843]. American...overemphasizing elocution. Webster's achievement with A Grammatical...federal copyright laws in 1790. Webster's lexicographical career...norms, led the opposition. Webster modified his stance in An... Read more
Noah Porter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the humanities, and a prescribed curriculum rather than an elective system. He edited (1864, 1890) revised editions of Noah Webster's dictionary and wrote a number of educational and philosophical works, the most popular of which was The Human Intellect... Read more
Dictionaries
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Dictionaries, see Worcester, J.E. , and Webster, Noah . Read more
American Minerva
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature American Minerva (1793–1905), founded at New York by Noah Webster, its editor to 1803, as a daily Federalist journal to combat French influences. The editor and Hamilton both wrote series of letters... Read more
New‐England Magazine, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...before the Atlantic Monthly. Contributors included Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier, Everett, Noah Webster, J.G. Percival, and Hawthorne. In politics it favored Webster and Everett, opposed Van Buren. It was absorbed by the American Monthly Magazine. Read more
Philological Society
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Philological Society, New York organization (fl.1788–89), devoted to mutual improvement and the promotion of the American language. Its members included Noah Webster and William Dunlap. It was the forerunner of the Friendly Club of New York. Read more
New Haven: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...scholarly ranks include patriot Nathan Hale; presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush; scholar Noah Webster; and statesman John C. Calhoun, is one of the nation's oldest schools. A walking tour of the campus will include a view... Read more
Scudder, Horace Elisha
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...firm that became Houghton, Mifflin (1864–1902), and served as editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1890–98). In addition to novels and books for children, he wrote biographies of Noah Webster (1882), Bayard Taylor (1884), and Lowell (1901). Read more

Dictionary entries related to " Noah Webster"

Webster's Blue-Backed Speller
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...from the blue paper covers, of Noah Webster's Elementary Spelling Book, published...E. Jennifer. A Common Heritage: Noah Webster's Blue-Backed Speller. Hamden...1983. Snyder, K. Alan. Defining Noah Webster: Mind and Morals in the Early Republic... Read more
Webster
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Webster ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin an occupational name for a weaver, Old English webbestre (a derivative of webb ‘web’). The -estre...but by the Middle English period the gender distinction had been lost. Use as a given name in America no doubt owes something to the politician and ... Read more
Dictionaries
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...well-known American dictionary was Noah Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1828. Webster is often thought of as a linguistic...remains universally discredited. Webster's faith in the rational reform of... Read more
darn
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology darn 2, darned , darnation . Earliest in darn adv. (late XVIII), used as an intensive, which Noah Webster identified with † dern (OE. d(i)erne ) ‘concealed’, later ‘dark, drear, dim’, as in the phr... Read more
Exchange Students
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Netherlands, Italy, Germany, and Sweden. During the early years of the Republic, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Noah Webster — along with the Georgia and Virginia legislatures — opposed study abroad, but young Americans enrolled... Read more
Textbooks, Early
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the Revolution, the schoolteacher Noah Webster lobbied for copyright legislation...copies of his books had been sold. Webster's books met the new nation's need...nationalism and patriotism. By the time Webster died in 1843,24 million copies of... Read more
The Call for Amendments (1787 – 1788)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Rights. Federalists, such as Alexander Hamilton and Noah Webster, countered that an implicit recognition that the ultimate...Hickory" (or "On the Absurdity of a Bill of Rights"), Noah Webster, December 1787 Letters from the Federal Farmer January... Read more
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...agents also began collecting buildings of both ordinary and great Americans, such as the homes of the Wright brothers and Noah Webster. The public, learning of Ford's interest in everyday things, began shipping objects to Dearborn as well. The centerpiece... Read more
English Language
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...America's most famous lexicographer, Noah Webster, published his "Blue-backed" American...Samuel Johnson's in 1755), but when Webster died in 1843, the purchase of rights...the standard. Except for the Bible, Webster's spelling b Read more
Spelling Bee
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...event was held during the war years of 1943, 1944, and 1945. BIBLIOGRAPHY Monaghan, E. Jennifer. A Common Heritage: Noah Webster's Blue-Back Speller. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1983. Nietz, John A. Old Textbooks: Spelling, Grammar, Reading, Arithmetic... Read more

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Websterisms: in search of Noah's headwords.(vocabulary)
Magazine article from: Word Ways; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; Noah Webster's An American Dictionary of...meaning has changed since Noah's time and others that he...defined. I offer fifty of Webster's definitions below, and challenge...to guess the headwords that Webster was trying to define. To make... Read more
Talk keeps audience spellbound; Merriam-Webster executive speaks at West Brookfield event.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 4/22/2007; 700+ words ; ...Merriam, but the 200th anniversary of Noah Webster's first dictionary. He said much...Merriam Co. Upon the death of Noah Webster in 1843, the Merriam brothers bought...Merriams revised and re-engineered Noah Webster's dictionary, they also made it... Read more
Johnson's and Webster's verbal examples; with special reference to exemplifying usage in dictionary entries.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 145 words ; 9783484391321 Johnson's and Webster's verbal examples; with special reference to exemplifying usage...Paperback Lexicographica; series maior; 132 PE1611 Miyoshi clarifies Noah Webster's use of quoted and made-up verbal examples to demonstrate usage... Read more
Lettuce prey.(Fictional work)
Magazine article from: Word Ways; 11/1/2007; ; 159 words ; Bill Webster, a direct descendant of Noah Webster, died on September 24, 2001. In his last letter to the editor, written only three...cum too sea mi. He's in the quire. Bye eaves end, Surely had her Phil. WILLIAM WEBSTER Carefree, Arizona Read more
Josef Alec Gayewski.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 12/8/2008; 60 words ; WEBSTER Josef Alec Gayewski, infant son of Aria Ward and Robert A. Gayewski Jr., died on November 23, 2008. He leaves a brother, Noah Gayewski and a sister, Molly Ward. A funeral was held at Sacred Heart Parish with a burial at St. Anthonys Cemetery in Webster, MA, on December 4, 2008, Graham, Putnam, & ... Read more
Be a word whiz.(Fun This Month)(Dictionary Day)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 10/1/2008; 42 words ; Noah Webster developed the first American dictionary. His 250th birth anniversary is October 16, a day that's come to be known as Dictionary Day. Choose five letters (perhaps the letters of your name), then use a dictionary to learn a word that begins with each letter. Read more
The Firefly Visual Dictionary. (Reference Award Winner).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 12/1/2002; 158 words ; Noah Webster made dictionaries popular in the early 1800s using the format of nearly every dictionary before or since: A-Z alphabetized entries... Read more
Dorothy P. Dembinski.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 2/22/2008; 236 words ; WEBSTER Dorothy P. (Penkala) Dembinski, 87, of...Dembinski and his wife Sharon, all of Webster; 7 grandchildren, Amy Panagiotou, Melanie...Phillips, Tony Dembinski, Alex Dembinski, Noah Dembinski and Jesse Dembinski; 10 great...Anderson; a sister, Agnes Mastoris of Webster; nieces and nephews. She ... Read more
An American classic -- the Ruger Bisley: more value than you pay for, is the author's assessment of the popular Ruger Bisley revolver.
Magazine article from: Guns Magazine; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; According to Webster's, a classic is defined as: A work of enduring excellence or a standard of excellence. Noah Webster could well have included Bill Ruger in his dictionary under classic. Not since Colonel Sam Colt has there been a gun maker who... Read more
Hawks come within the width of the post of beating Burbage.
Newspaper article from: Matlock Mercury (Matlock, England); 2/22/2008; 318 words ; ...division, Buxton Burbage. Joe Webster continued in goal after last...Horridge, with Oliver Swale, Noah Evans and William Rayson in...Horridge stand firm, allowing Webster to collect the ball and launch...to the full. However, with Webster standing tall and the full...horrible bounce which left ... Read more