context1: Some have criticised the usage of the word radical because of its supposed ambiguity. At one time radical referred to the semantic component of a Chinese character, because most (but not all) of the <strong>dictionary</strong> section headers are closely linked with the meaning of the characters which are listed under them. There is a widespread perception that these section headers are always, by <strong>definition</strong>, semantic in their role.
context2: Unfortunately for Blount, his Glossographia was surpassed in popularity with the publication in 1658 of The New World of Words by Edward Phillips (1630–1696), whose uncle was John Milton. While Phillips' <strong>dictionary</strong> was much larger than Blount's (ca. 20,000 words) and included some common words in addition to unusual ones, it is now widely acknowledged that Phillips copied many <strong>definitions</strong> from Blount.