Magnifiers and Microscopes. He is still an excellent employee, getting praise from his employer and outstanding yearly reviews. Having recently finished reading THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN (by Simon Winchester, HarperCollins 1998) about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary, I thought it might be fun to explore the definitions and etymology of some of these ancient terms, most of which have all but disappeared from modern use.
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Magnifiers and Microscopes. He is still an excellent employee, getting praise from his employer and outstanding yearly reviews. Having recently finished reading THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN (by Simon Winchester, HarperCollins 1998) about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary, I thought it might be fun to explore the definitions and etymology of some of these ancient terms, most of which have all but disappeared from modern use.
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