Editing Webster's Dictionary (section)

== External links ==
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=== 1828 edition ===
The 1828 edition of the ''American Dictionary of the English Language'' (2 volumes; New York: S. Converse) can be searched online at:
* [http://webstersdictionary1828.com webstersdictionary1828.com]
[[DjVu]] and [[PDF]] versions can be viewed at the [[Internet Archive]]:
* [https://archive.org/details/americandictiona01websrich Volume 1] (A – I)
* [https://archive.org/details/americandictiona02websrich Volume 2] (J – Z)

Plain-text versions are also available from the Internet Archive (with some errors, due to automatic [[optical character recognition]]).

Offline versions in Apple Mac Dictionary, SWORD module, StarDict, Rakuten Kobo, and Amazon Kindle formats are available from [http://akaitsurugi.org/library/study/webster1828 Akai Tsurugi].

=== 1841 (1844) edition ===
* [http://edl.byu.edu/webster 1841 edition] (published 1844) on the Emily Dickinson site. The last edition of the ''American Dictionary of the English Language'' that Noah Webster made before his death.
* [https://1828.mshaffer.com 1828.mshaffer.com]

=== 1847 edition ===
''An American Dictionary of the English Language'', edited by Chauncey A. Goodrich. 
* [https://archive.org/details/websteramericand00webs 1847 print] 
* [https://archive.org/details/dictionaamerican00websrich 1857 print]

=== 1859 edition ===
''An American Dictionary of the English Language'', edited by Chauncey A. Goodrich, first pictorial edition. 
* [https://archive.org/details/americandictio00webs 1861 print]
* [https://archive.org/details/americandiction00webs 1862 print]

=== 1864 edition ===
''An American Dictionary of the English Language'', edited by Noah Porter and C. A. F. Mahn 
* [https://archive.org/details/americandictiona00websuoft 1865 print] 
* [https://archive.org/details/websterscomplete00webs 1886 print]

=== 1890 edition ===
''Webster's International Dictionary'', edited by Noah Porter and W. T. Harris, 1890 edition plus 1900 supplement
* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100598138 1907 print on HathiTrust]
* [[PDF]] versions can be viewed at the [[Internet Archive]]:
** [https://archive.org/details/webstersinternat01webs Volume 1] (A – M)
** [https://archive.org/details/webstersinternat02websuoft Volume 2] (N – Z)
* [https://archive.org/details/webstersinternat00port 1898 print on the Internet Archive] of the Australian edition with an Australian supplement

=== 1909 edition ===
''Webster's New International Dictionary'', 1st edition
* 1930 revision [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100913326 on HathiTrust], [https://archive.org/details/webstersnewinter00webs on the Internet Archive]

=== 1913 edition ===
A reprint of the 1890 edition, the ''Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary'' (editor Noah Porter, Springfield, MA: C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913), from which copyright has lapsed and is now in the [[public domain]], has been digitized in 1996 by MICRA, Inc.<ref>{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961204143150/http://humanities.uchicago.edu/homes/MICRA/|date=December 4, 1996|title=MICRA, Inc}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MICRA Home page |url=http://micra.com |access-date=2025-05-14}}</ref> and is now available at various free online resources, including:
* [[Project Gutenberg]]:
** Original raw [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/139?sort_order=release_date version 0.50], texts No. 660 to No. 670, in [[E-text]]/[[E-Book]] format
** [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/673 #673], in one file, in [[E-text]]/[[E-Book]] format
** [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29765 #29765], in one file, plain text version
** [http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ralph/OPTED/index.html OPTED] (Online Plain Text English Dictionary), plain text, divided by letters
** [http://maximilk.web.fc2.com/index_en.html#web Electronic version] in EPWING/JIS X 4081 format
* [[Collaborative International Dictionary of English]], [[GCIDE]], and [[DICT]]
** [http://www.dict.org dict.org], DICT Development Group
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* [https://www.websters1913.com www.websters1913.com]

=== School dictionaries ===
* ''Dictionary for Primary Schools'' (1833), by Noah Webster, [https://archive.org/details/adictionaryforp00websgoog on Internet Archive]
* ''Primary School Dictionary'' (1867) [https://archive.org/details/primaryschooldic00webs_1 on the Internet Archive], [https://archive.org/details/aprimaryschoold00wheegoog 1871 print], [https://books.google.com/books?id=ox8BAAAAYAAJ 1874 print]
* ''Webster's Primary School Dictionary'' (1892) [https://archive.org/details/webstersprimary00websgoog on the Internet Archive]
* ''Webster's Elementary-School Dictionary'' (1914) [https://archive.org/details/websterselement01websgoog on the Internet Archive]
* ''Webster's Secondary-School Dictionary'' (1913) [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100480054 on HathiTrust], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924031426301 on the Internet Archive]
* ''Common-School Dictionary'' (1867) [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100219054 on HathiTrust], [https://archive.org/details/acommonschooldi00websgoog on Internet Archive]
* ''Webster's Common School Dictionary'' (1892) [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008675443 on HathiTrust]
* ''High-School Dictionary'' (1868) [https://archive.org/details/highschooldictio00webs on the Internet Archive]
* ''Webster's High School Dictionary'' (1892) [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100482126 on HathiTrust], [https://archive.org/details/webstershighsch00websgoog  on the Internet Archive], [https://archive.org/details/webstershighscho00webs on the Internet Archive]
* ''Webster's Academic Dictionary'' (1895) [https://archive.org/details/webstersacademi00websgoog on the Internet Archive]

=== ''Collegiate Dictionary'' ===
* 1st edition (1898), [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001183304 on HathiTrust], [https://archive.org/details/websterscollegia00web on the Internet Archive], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100208376 1909 print on HathiTrust]
* 2nd edition (1910), [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100639748 1914 print on HathiTrust]
* 3rd edition (1916)
** 1916 print [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100131586 on HathiTrust], [https://archive.org/details/websterscollegia00spr on the Internet Archive]
** 1917 print [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100741299 on HathiTrust]
** 1919 print [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100131587 on HathiTrust], [https://archive.org/details/websterscolle00webs on the Internet Archive]
* '''[http://www.merriam-webster.com 11th Edition]''' (2003), the most recent edition of the ''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary'' available online on the company's website