no patch upon old garments, but a new garment throughout’. Coleridge became the first Editor of the New English Dictionary (as the OED was first called), but he died two years into the job. Frederick ...

But history is bursting with entertaining synonyms for scarecrow—here are 11 of our favorites, from blencher to moggy. In the ...

When was the first English dictionary written and who wrote it? How old is the oldest known dictionary? These were the sort of questions third grade students were asked Friday when they were presented ...

The 1944 thriller 'Gaslight' gave rise to a useful new word that describes coercive, toxic relationships in personal life and ...

Many of these dictionaries and works on Urdu grammar used the word ‘Hindustani’ —with variant spellings, such as, ...

The hunter's moon – the first full moon of fall – will rise Thursday, Oct. 17, in the eastern sky around sunset. As an added ...

The full moon falls in the midpoint of the lunar cycle when the Earth is positioned directly between the sun and the moon.

Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over terminology and impact — and that’s ...

The hunter's moon, the first full moon of fall, will be visible Thursday. It will also be the third consecutive supermoon of ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The first full-length study of the Old English version of Bede's masterwork, dealing with one of the most important texts to survive from ...

At least two want to be a doctor, another a computer scientist and several others are eyeing nursing careers in America, but ...

The earliest use of the term “hunter’s moon,” cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, was in 1710 ... cold winter months ahead, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. "Many moons ago, Native Americans ...