THE

READABLE DICTIONARY:

OR,

TOPICAL AND SYNONYMIC LEXICON:

CONTAINING

SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF THE MORE USEFUL TERMS OF
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

CLASSIFIED BY SUBJECTS,

AND

ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR AFFINITIES OF MEANING ;

WITH

Accompanying Etymologies, Definitions, and Illustrations.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

I-LISTS OF FOREIGN TERMS AND PHRASES FREQUENTLY OCCURRING IN
ENGLISH BOOKS. II. TABLE OF THE COMMON ABBREVIA-
III-AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LATIN AND
GREEK ROOTS, WITH DERIVATIVES.

TIONS.

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE STUDENTS.

BY JOHN WILLIAMS, A.M.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY A. S. BARNES & CO.,

111 & 113 WILLIAM STREET.

1868.