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It was a radical attempt to foster a uniform language for the United States. Webster's first edition in 1828 contained about 70,000 entries - some 12,000 more than had appeared in earlier vocabulary lists. Webster added many technical and scientific terms, included common Americanisms, and suggested new ways of It's a dictionary that seeks to document any word that exists or ever existed in the English language and track its evolution over time. Lexicographer Peter Gilliver chooses books to help understand the enormous undertaking that is the Oxford English Dictionary. Interview The Online Books Page. Online Books . Noah Webster (Webster, Noah, 1758-1843) A Wikipedia article about this author is available. Webster, Noah, 1758-1843: An American Dictionary of the English Language (2 volumes; New York: S. Converse, 1828) Volume I (introductory material, and A-I): multiple formats at Johnson's dictionary was published in 1755 (173 years before the Oxford-English dictionary). 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