▁of ▁Scotland ; ▁collected ▁by ▁Mr . ▁Kirk ▁▁ 1 6 9 9 - 1 7 0 0 ▁Field work ▁by ▁Edward ▁L hu yd ▁▁ 1 7 4 1 ▁Le ab har ▁a ▁The ag asc ▁Ain min n in ▁/ ▁A ▁Gal ick ▁an ▁English ▁voc ab ul ary ▁ ▁D iction aries ▁▁ 1 8 th ▁and ▁ 1 9 th ▁centuries ▁The ▁first ▁dictionary ▁in ▁the ▁modern ▁sense ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 0 ▁by ▁the ▁Rev . ▁William ▁Shaw , ▁the ▁Gal ic ▁and ▁English ▁Dictionary , ▁which ▁contained ▁a ▁large ▁percentage ▁of ▁Irish ▁terms . ▁This ▁was ▁quickly ▁followed ▁by ▁Robert ▁Mac F ar lane ' s ▁small - scale ▁dictionary , ▁Nu ad h ▁F h oc la ir ▁Ga id h lig ▁ag us ▁Be ur la ▁(" New ▁G ael ic ▁and ▁English ▁dictionary ") ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 5 . ▁Ex actly ▁ 1 0 ▁years ▁later ▁Peter ▁Mac F ar lane , ▁a ▁transl ator ▁of ▁religious ▁publications ▁published ▁the ▁first ▁bid irection al ▁dictionary ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 5 , ▁the ▁New ▁English ▁and ▁G ael ic ▁V oc ab ul ary ▁- ▁F ocal air ▁G ael ig ▁ag us ▁Be ur la . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁High land ▁Society ▁of ▁Scotland ▁had ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁committee ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 6 ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁full - scale ▁dictionary , ▁but ▁was ▁be aten ▁by ▁Robert ▁Arm strong ▁who ▁published ▁his ▁G ael ic ▁Dictionary