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Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Dictionaries

The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.

AmeriSlang: expressions of our American ancestors

A place to record those phrases that have been passed down through the generations in your family.

Civil War Soldier Vocabulary

Definition of Early Immigrants

Dictionary of Archives Terminology

Searchable and browseable definitions of terms used in archives.

Dictionary of Regional American English

Glossaire Quaker Glossary

This glossary contains only Quaker jargon, i.e. words used in a special sense among Quakers. In French & English.

Glossary of BLM Surveying and Mapping Terms

From the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.

Graven Images

Describes the symbolism of motifs on gravestones - from The Olive Tree.

How Many? - A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

How many cloves in a stone? How many bushels to a seam? This is an encylopedic listing of current, historical, and obscure measurements from around the world..

Leicestershire Agricultural Terms

England.

Middle English Dictionary

The world's largest searchable database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500. An invaluable resource for lexicographers, language scholars, and all scholars in medieval studies.

Plautdietsch Dictionary

A Mennonite Low German dictionary.

Shipping Terminology

With a Prince Edward Island Slant.

Ye Olde English Sayings

yourDictionary.com

A huge index of a variety of available dictionaries, including foreign translation sites.