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The American definition spelling-book : in which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, the various sounds or the vowels represented by figures, and their parts of speech properly distinguished, but the definition or signification affixed to each word; upon a plan agreeable to Mr. Noah Webster's easy standard. Designed for the use of schools

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1804.
Call number: 263997
Creator: Kneeland, Abner (1774-1844)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 17 cm
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