Dictionary

 I looked it up and found that this week, in 1828, Noah Webster published his "American Dictionary of the English Language." It was the first dictionary of American English to be published.

Online Dictionary

If you use Firefox to read newspapers and other articles online, there is a great tool to help. Highlight a word that you do not understand, and a little question mark appears above the word. Just click on it and you will be taken to a dictionary with that word defined. Technology is great.