Excerpt from The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language: Designed to Give the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Meaning of About 38, 000 Words and Phrases in the Speech and Literature of the English-Speaking Peoples The double hyphen connects only the parts of a compound word, and indicates that the parts so joined are to be connected by a hyphen in ordinary writing or printing; as. Halbmast (written ordinarily hall-mast). Tan single accent indicates the pri mary or chief accent; as. A'ble. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.