The first purely English dictionary was A Table Alphabeticall, written by English schoolteacher Robert Cowdrey in 1604.
Dictionary is usually defined as a book, optical disc, mobile deice, or online lexical resource (such as dictionary!com) containing a selection of the word of a language, giving information about their meaning, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, derived forms, etc., express in either the same or another language; lexicon; glossary. Print the dictionaries of various sizes, ranging from small pocket dictionaries to multivolume books, usually sort entries alphabetically, as do typical CD or DVD dictionary applications, allowing one to browse through the terms in sequence. All electronic dictionaries, whether online or installed on device, can provides immediate, direct access to a search item, its meaning, and ancillary information.