Download or read book Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots written by Susan Rennie and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first account of the making of John Jamieson's pioneering Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language first published between 1808 and 1825. Susan Rennie describes Jamieson's work and methods interweaving her account with biography and linguistic, social, and book history to present a rounded picture of the man, his work, and his times.