I hope that the following is beneficial to anyone who struggles with the lay-out, presentation and wording within the "Bosworth/Toller Dictionary & Supplement".
Using the entry for 'craeft' as an example:-
The original Bosworth Dictionary (or rather part-dictionary, as he died before it was completed) had four sections under this entry.
I. power, might, strength as of body, or externals; vis. robur, potentia:
II. an art, skill, craft, trade, work; ars, peritia, artificium, occupatio, opus:
III. craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue; astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, praestantia, virtus:
IV. a craft, any kind of ship; navis qualiscunque:
Under each of these section-headings there were numerous examples.
Then along came Toller, with the intent of both completing Bosworth's project and amending some of the original work. As far as the 'craeft' entries are concerned, Toller's instructions to the reader are:-
First; Delete the section heading, 'IV. a craft, kind of ship; navis qualiscunque,'
(the two examples that were contained under this heading then automatically become the last two entries of section III)
Toller then instructs that extra examples should be added to the remaining sections,
Under I. Add -- Mid eallum Creca craftum ... etc
Under II. Add -- He leornode sumne craeft ... etc
Under III. Add -- Hie wenad daet hiera ... etc. {plus three other examples}
He then instructs that a new sub-section should be created:
'IIIa. in a bad sense, a cunning trick, stratagem, artifice':
followed by three examples for this new sub-section.
Then, he instructs that a brand-new section 4 should be created (remember that the original was deleted):-
'IV. a machine, instrument, engine':
followed by five examples for this new section.
And finally, he adds numerous cross-references, to be added to the original cross-references;
v. circul-, gedwol-, ... etc
Later, as an after-thought, he also created a "Corrections & Additions" for the entire Bosworth Dictionary & Toller Supplement. Those regarding the 'craeft' entry being several more cross-references that needed to be added.
[Latin words are used when giving some instructions, but they are fairly obvious; e.g. Add, Dele (delete/destroy) & v. (= 'vide' = "see")]
