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|Sources=<p><span>"A General Dictionary of the English Language, Compiled with the Greatest Care from the Best Authors and Dictionaries Now Extant." Its authors are identified only as "A Society of Gentlemen." per 19cbb post by David Block, Dec. 2, 2011</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span>"A General Dictionary of the English Language, Compiled with the Greatest Care from the Best Authors and Dictionaries Now Extant." Its authors are identified only as "A Society of Gentlemen." per 19cbb post by David Block, Dec. 2, 2011</span></p> | ||
|Comment=<p><span>Still, it's fairly significant in that it becomes, by far, the earliest known appearance of baseball in a dictionary. The next earliest one we know of was almost 80 years later, in James Orchard Halliwell's 1847 "Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words."</span><br /><span>It is quite interesting that "baseball" appears as one whole word, not the two-word "base ball," or hyphenated "base-ball" that were customary in the era.</span><br /><span>Also of note is the dictionary's indication that the word "base" was an alternate name for baseball. </span></p> | |Comment=<p><span>Still, it's fairly significant in that it becomes, by far, the earliest known appearance of baseball in a dictionary. The next earliest one we know of was almost 80 years later, in James Orchard Halliwell's 1847 "Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words."</span><br /><span>It is quite interesting that "baseball" appears as one whole word, not the two-word "base ball," or hyphenated "base-ball" that were customary in the era.</span><br /><span>Also of note is the dictionary's indication that the word "base" was an alternate name for baseball. </span></p> | ||
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes, | <p><span><span>"A Society of Gentlemen" was the pseudonym under which the Encyclopaedia </span><br /><span>Britannica was first published, also in 1768.</span></span></p> | ||
|Submitted by=Bob Tholkes, | |||
|Submission Note=2/21/2015 | |Submission Note=2/21/2015 | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Baseball in English Dictionary
| Salience | Noteworthy |
|---|---|
| Tags | Contemp. "Base Ball" usageContemp. "Base Ball" usage |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | England |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | UnknownUnknown |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | "BASEBALL, (From base and ball) A rural game in which the person striking the ball must run to his base or goal." |
| Sources | "A General Dictionary of the English Language, Compiled with the Greatest Care from the Best Authors and Dictionaries Now Extant." Its authors are identified only as "A Society of Gentlemen." per 19cbb post by David Block, Dec. 2, 2011 |
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| Comment | Still, it's fairly significant in that it becomes, by far, the earliest known appearance of baseball in a dictionary. The next earliest one we know of was almost 80 years later, in James Orchard Halliwell's 1847 "Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words." "A Society of Gentlemen" was the pseudonym under which the Encyclopaedia |
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| Submitted by | Bob Tholkes, |
| Submission Note | 2/21/2015 |
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