Block:London Dictionary Defines "Baseball" in 1768
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| Data | A dictionary entry and definition for the word "baseball": "(From base and ball) A rural game in which the person striking the ball must run to his base or goal." Also, as one of the definitions for the word "base": "A rural play, called also Baseball; as, Lads more like to run the country base. Shakesp." |
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| Sources | A General Dictionary of the English Language, by a Society of Gentlemen, London, 1768, printed for J. and R. Fuller, p. 66 (approx., unpaginated) |
| Block Notes | This work is unusually rare for a major dictionary; only two library copies have been located. The identities of the authors are unknown. The citing of the Shakespeare quote demonstrates that confusion between the games of prisoner's base and baseball began at a very early date. |
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