English and shorthand dictionary, based on the original work of Sir Isaac Pitman, with lists of proper names, grammalogues and contractions, and an analytical introduction on the formation of shorthand outlines

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by  Pitman, Isaac, Sir, 1813-1897

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ENGLISH AND SHORTHAND
DICTIONARY

Ex Libris
C. K. OGDEN"
PITMAN'S
ENGLISH SHORTHAND
AND
DICTIONARY
BASED ON THE ORIGINAL WORK OF
SIR ISAAC PITMAN
WITH LISTS OF PROPER NAMES,
GRAMM.ALOGUES AND CONTRACTIONS,
AND AN ANALYTICAL INTRODUCTION
ON THE FORMATION OF SHORTHAND
OUTLINES
THE DEFINITIONS BY
ARTHUR REYNOLDS, M.A., Oxon.
CENTENARY EDITION
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OR
The Copp, Clark Co., Ltd.
Printed by Sir Isaac Pitman
& Sons, Ltd., London, Bath,
Melbourne and New York
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'^'"^ PREFACE.
IN response to a demand often expressed by users of the
Shorthand Dictionary, it was decided to add to the words
it contained their ordinary meanings, with occasional notes
concerning their origins. It was, in fact, impossible to resist
the argument that it is vastly more convenient to use one book
of reference than to have to use two, and accordingly the task
of making the dictionary complete and self-contained was
attempted, and has, it is hoped, been accompUshed to the
edification of those who may refer to it.
In order to keep the volume within reasonable hmits, a great
degreeofeconomy had tobepractised. Words havea tendency,
the result of their handling sometimes by ordinary folk and
sometimes by writers, to pass from their primary and obvious
meanings to metaphorical senses. Only in a large and compre-
hensive dictionary would it be possible to follow every word
into a variety of usages, and here this has been done sparingly;
for, given one or two of its meanings, anyone meeting a word
in a connection different from its natural setting would at once
perceive that metaphor had been at work upon it, and be able
to see how it had acquired this further meaning.
It is very tempting klso to trace words to their earliest dis-
coverablesource, butagainthatprocesswould resultin extending
thebulk as well as the scope of the present book. Its purpose is
to furnish the writer of shorthand with a ready means of finding
thecommon and regularsignificationof eachword theshorthand
outline of which he requires to learn. What such a student
needs for his purpose is the immediate and obvious rather than
the recondite.
Into the making of an English Dictionary Dr. Johnson intro-
duced a delightful feature, the illustration of the meanings and
usagesofwordsbymeansofliterarypassagesinwhichtheyoccur.
In a particular context, and especially when placed there by one
of the makers ofliterature, a word is invested with a new life and
power,and itneedsthequotation for thelexicographeradequately "
to convey the acquired meaning. To attempt this here was
also out of the question, and the modest rdle assumed confines
the/ambition of this Dictionary within the Umit of a desire to
explain simply and usefully the words of the vocabulary.
Subject, therefore, to these restrictions, the work is submitted
to the pubUc of shorthand writers and students, in the hope
and with the intention that it may be a real help to them.
A. R.
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