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The American Spelling Book
work by Webster
Also known as: “Blue-Backed Speller”
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- In Noah Webster
…American lexicographer known for his American Spelling Book (1783) and his American Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol. (1828; 2nd ed., 1840). Webster was instrumental in giving American English a dignity and vitality of its own. Both his speller and dictionary reflected his principle that spelling, grammar, and usage…
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