prompt: Who beat the Highland Society of Scotland in publishing a Scottish Gaelic dictionary? And by how many years did they beat them? 
  
  Dictionaries
  18th and 19th centuries
  The first dictionary in the modern sense was published in 1780 by the Rev. William Shaw, the Galic and English Dictionary, which contained a large percentage of Irish terms.[1] This was quickly followed by Robert MacFarlane's small-scale dictionary, Nuadh Fhoclair Gaidhlig agus Beurla ("New Gaelic and English dictionary") in 1795.[1] Exactly 10 years later Peter MacFarlane, a translator of religious publications published the first bidirectional dictionary in 1815, the New English and Gaelic Vocabulary - Focalair Gaelig agus Beurla.[1]
  
  Although the Highland Society of Scotland had set up a committee in 1806 to produce a full-scale dictionary, but was beaten by Robert Armstrong who published his Gaelic Dictionary in 1825, followed three years later by the Highland Society's dictionary in 1828 entitled Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum - A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language I & II.[1][2]
  
  Various other dictionaries followed, most notably Alexander Macbain's Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language in 1896,[1] to date the only such publication in Gaelic.
  
  A number of dictionaries from this period exist which have not been published to date, such as the Highland Gentleman's Dictionary from c. 1776 which is currently in the Countess of Sutherland's library.[1]
  
  Timeline
  
  1780 Galic and English Dictionary by Rev. William Shaw
  1795 Nuadh Fhoclair Gaidhlig agus Beurla = A New Alphabetical Vocabulary, Gailic and English by Robert MacFarlane - (digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1815 New English and Gaelic Vocabulary - Focalair Gaelig agus Beurla by Peter MacFarlane
  1825 Gaelic Dictionary by Robert Archibald Armstrong - (digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1828 Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum - A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language I & II - (digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1831 A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language by Dr Norman MacLeod and Dr Daniel Dewar - (Glasgow, 1833: digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1832 Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary by Neil MacAlpine
  1842 Gaelic-English Dictionary by Father Ewen MacEachan (based on MacLeod & Dewar); 4th edition in 1922
  1845 Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary with additions by John MacKenzie
  1896 An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language by Alexander Macbain; a later edition in 1911
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chosen.content: Who beat the Highland Society of Scotland in publishing a Scottish Gaelic dictionary? And by how many years did they beat them? 
  
  Dictionaries
  18th and 19th centuries
  The first dictionary in the modern sense was published in 1780 by the Rev. William Shaw, the Galic and English Dictionary, which contained a large percentage of Irish terms.[1] This was quickly followed by Robert MacFarlane's small-scale dictionary, Nuadh Fhoclair Gaidhlig agus Beurla ("New Gaelic and English dictionary") in 1795.[1] Exactly 10 years later Peter MacFarlane, a translator of religious publications published the first bidirectional dictionary in 1815, the New English and Gaelic Vocabulary - Focalair Gaelig agus Beurla.[1]
  
  Although the Highland Society of Scotland had set up a committee in 1806 to produce a full-scale dictionary, but was beaten by Robert Armstrong who published his Gaelic Dictionary in 1825, followed three years later by the Highland Society's dictionary in 1828 entitled Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum - A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language I & II.[1][2]
  
  Various other dictionaries followed, most notably Alexander Macbain's Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language in 1896,[1] to date the only such publication in Gaelic.
  
  A number of dictionaries from this period exist which have not been published to date, such as the Highland Gentleman's Dictionary from c. 1776 which is currently in the Countess of Sutherland's library.[1]
  
  Timeline
  
  1780 Galic and English Dictionary by Rev. William Shaw
  1795 Nuadh Fhoclair Gaidhlig agus Beurla = A New Alphabetical Vocabulary, Gailic and English by Robert MacFarlane - (digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1815 New English and Gaelic Vocabulary - Focalair Gaelig agus Beurla by Peter MacFarlane
  1825 Gaelic Dictionary by Robert Archibald Armstrong - (digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1828 Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum - A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language I & II - (digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1831 A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language by Dr Norman MacLeod and Dr Daniel Dewar - (Glasgow, 1833: digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1832 Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary by Neil MacAlpine
  1842 Gaelic-English Dictionary by Father Ewen MacEachan (based on MacLeod & Dewar); 4th edition in 1922
  1845 Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary with additions by John MacKenzie
  1896 An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language by Alexander Macbain; a later edition in 1911
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chosen.content: Robert Armstrong released his dictionary in 1825, beating the Highland Society of Scotland by three years.
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rejected.content: Who beat the Highland Society of Scotland in publishing a Scottish Gaelic dictionary? And by how many years did they beat them? 
  
  Dictionaries
  18th and 19th centuries
  The first dictionary in the modern sense was published in 1780 by the Rev. William Shaw, the Galic and English Dictionary, which contained a large percentage of Irish terms.[1] This was quickly followed by Robert MacFarlane's small-scale dictionary, Nuadh Fhoclair Gaidhlig agus Beurla ("New Gaelic and English dictionary") in 1795.[1] Exactly 10 years later Peter MacFarlane, a translator of religious publications published the first bidirectional dictionary in 1815, the New English and Gaelic Vocabulary - Focalair Gaelig agus Beurla.[1]
  
  Although the Highland Society of Scotland had set up a committee in 1806 to produce a full-scale dictionary, but was beaten by Robert Armstrong who published his Gaelic Dictionary in 1825, followed three years later by the Highland Society's dictionary in 1828 entitled Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum - A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language I & II.[1][2]
  
  Various other dictionaries followed, most notably Alexander Macbain's Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language in 1896,[1] to date the only such publication in Gaelic.
  
  A number of dictionaries from this period exist which have not been published to date, such as the Highland Gentleman's Dictionary from c. 1776 which is currently in the Countess of Sutherland's library.[1]
  
  Timeline
  
  1780 Galic and English Dictionary by Rev. William Shaw
  1795 Nuadh Fhoclair Gaidhlig agus Beurla = A New Alphabetical Vocabulary, Gailic and English by Robert MacFarlane - (digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1815 New English and Gaelic Vocabulary - Focalair Gaelig agus Beurla by Peter MacFarlane
  1825 Gaelic Dictionary by Robert Archibald Armstrong - (digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1828 Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum - A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language I & II - (digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1831 A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language by Dr Norman MacLeod and Dr Daniel Dewar - (Glasgow, 1833: digitised version at National Library of Scotland)
  1832 Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary by Neil MacAlpine
  1842 Gaelic-English Dictionary by Father Ewen MacEachan (based on MacLeod & Dewar); 4th edition in 1922
  1845 Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary with additions by John MacKenzie
  1896 An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language by Alexander Macbain; a later edition in 1911
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