Noah Webster's Dictionary Online - 1806, 1828

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Buttertooth, n. one of the great broad fore teeth webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00070

ORRERY, n. ... This machine was invented by George Graham, but Rowley, a workman, borrowed one from him, and made a copy for the earl of Orrery, after whom it was named by Sir Richard Steele. Similar machines are called also planetariums. Cyc. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/jz/01221

Butterprint, n. a piece of wood to mark butter with webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00070

Passingbell, n. a bell rung at the death of a person webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00247

Tattoo, v.t. to puncture and stain the skin in various figures, a practice among savages webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00335

COLOMBO, n. A root from Colombo in Ceylon. Its smell is aromatic, and its taste pungent and bitter. It is much esteemed as a tonic in dyspeptic and bilious diseases. Hooper. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/ai/00412

DISCOUNTENANCER, n. One who discourages by cold treatment, frowns, censure or expression of disapprobation; one who checks or depresses by unfriendly regards. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/ai/00584

FORCIPATED, a. [from forceps] Formed like a pair of pinchers to open and inclose; as a forcipated mouth. Derham. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/ai/00779

Color is everything, according to Kory Stamper, lexicographer and author of True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color – from Azure to Zinc Pink. think.kera.org/2026/10/16/h...

Dibstone, n. a play, a stone thrown at another webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00115

Webster was the father of the American dictionary, for which we can be eternally grateful. Because of him, it’s “color” and not “colour” or “center” and not “centre” as the actual English incorrectly spell those words and so many others. www.floridaweekly.com/opinion/if-s...

TERRITORY, n.... 2. A tract of land...; as... the territories of the United States; the territory of Mishigan; Northwest territory... Constitution of the U. States. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/jz/01733

Hawkins is just such a linguist, and he has served as an expert witness in numerous high-profile court cases that hinge on disambiguation, which is the process of removing the multiple meanings contained in a passage of text. www.ucdavis.edu/magazine/unt...

ELIGIBILITY, n... Worthiness or fitness to be chosen... 2. The state of being capable of being chosen to an office. U. States. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/ai/00649

An anthology is literally a “flower collection” or a “gathering of flowers.” The Greek anthologia is made of anther “flower” and logia, here meaning “collection” or “gathering.” In Greek it was a word for a collection of poems and aphorisms, used metaphorically…

TODAY IS NATIONAL DICTIONARY DAY! I've been trying to read the entire dictionary this year. I've missed a few days because I misplaced the book. So I told my wife that I'd lost my dictionary (hoping she could help me find it). She said, "Can you look upstairs?" I said, "I can't look up anything."

Happy National Dictionary Day (US)! I will be celebrating in the accustomed manner: poisoning AI training sets by replacing every fourth word in scraped dictionary definitions with Victorian terms for various sex acts.

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October 16 is National Dictionary Day, Noah Webster’s birthday. Just the time to celebrate this practical yet peculiar creation

It's Noah Webster's birthday (16 October 1758)--thus National #Dictionary Day thx 2 his role as the people's lexicographer. His Blue Back Speller languagemuseum.org/e.... & 1828 dictionary webstersdictionary18... were intended to create a distinctly American democratic English

While Webster didn’t invent the dictionary—that happened a few years earlier, in 2300 BCE—he fixed all those Britishisms. His “An American Dictionary of the English Language” is celebrated as an historic masterpiece. www.floridaweekly.com/opinion/if-s...

Happy National Dictionary Day! Dictionary Day celebrates the birth of Noah Webster every October 16, honoring the American writer and lexicographer. Celebrate by looking up some words! #DictionaryDay webstersdictionaryonline.com

More than two centuries ago, Noah Webster had the foresight to understand the value and importance of documenting American English. With the support of an NEH grant, researchers at @ucf.bsky.social are creating searchable digital editions of

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Kinepock, n. the vaccine disease webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00200

One of the most influential figures in this development was Noah Webster. He believed that the United States should have a distinctive form of English that reflected its own national identity. www.daijiworld.com/chan/exclusi...

Whiz, v.i. to make a loud humming noise; n. a humming noise webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00380

The 1800s were full of remarks on this confusion; some even roped in “triweekly,” which meant thrice a week, despite Noah Webster’s scolding that it shouldn’t. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/m...

BAKER-LEGGED, a. One who has crooked legs, or legs that bend inward at the knees. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/ai/00221

Can you imagine seeing the words "shame lips" on your medical notes? The term, which can also be translated as "pubic lips", is the Dutch word for a women's body part. But, for some, it's just one of countless examples that are outdated and loaded with stigma. www.bbc.com/news/article...

FREAK, n. ... 1. Literally, a sudden starting or change of place. Hence, 2. A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim or fancy; a capricious prank... webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/ai/00791

Noah Webster began working on his patriotic Blue-Backed speller, published in 1783, amid a revolution that would shape his every word as a lexicographer. www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

DELIGHT, n. deli´te. [Fr. delice; Sp. delicia; It. delizia; L. deliciæ, connected with delector; probably allied to Eng. like.] 1. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy. His delight is in the law of the Lord. Ps. 1... webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/ai/00545

Queenbee, n. the chief bee in a swarm webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00274

Maryland, n. one of the United States webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00216

RADIATION, n. [L. radiatio.] 1. The emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness. Bacon. 2. The shooting of any thing from a center, like the diverging rays of light. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/jz/01399

Genoo, [g hard] n. an African animal whose form partakes of the horse, the ox and the deer webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00160

CENT, n.... 2. In the United States of America, a copper coin whose value is the hundredth part of a dollar. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/ai/00354

Lavatory, n. a laundry, a wash for diseased parts, a place where gold is obtained by washing earth webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00203

Bototoe, n. a bird of the parrot kind webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00064

PLASMA, n. A silicious mineral of a color between grass-green and leek-green, occurring in angular pieces in beds, associated with common chalcedony, and among the ruins of Rome. Ure. webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/jz/01296

Clock, n. an instrument to show time, beetle, large insect, ornament, part of a stocking webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00083

Ineffectualness, or Inefficaciousness, or inefficacy, n. a want of effect or power, weakness webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00187

KANGAROO, n. A singular animal found in New Holland, resembling in some respects the opossum. It belongs to the genus Kangurus. It has a small head, neck and shoulders, the body increasing in thickness to the rump. The fore legs are very... webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/jz/01023

Constable, n. in Eu. a governor or commander, in Am. a town officer of the peace, with the powers of an under sheriff webstersdictionaryonline.com/1806/az/00094

At any rate, in the 1830s, when Noah Webster, who spent his life updating his lexicon, was approaching old age (he died in 1843), a new sensibility took hold. www.guernicamag.com/a-nation-wre...

WEED, n. [Sax. weod.] 1. The general name of any plant that is useless or troublesome. The word therefore has no definite application to any particular plant or species of plants; but whatever plants grow among corn, grass, or in hedges, and... webstersdictionaryonline.com/1828/jz/01896

Merriam-Webster has yet to release the full compendium of its newly recognized terms, but the four tech words it has confirmed paint a fairly stark picture by themselves. www.fastcompany.com/91610360/ai-...

Linguist Susie Dent is championing the word 'meekend' – in the hope that one day it might enter the dictionary. www.derryjournal.com/read-this/me...