 He also cut the "coarse" and "broad" expressions which Grose had allowed.The 1788 and 1823 definitions of "Academy, or Pushing School" show the extent of his wish to soften definitions "where propriety pointed out such a course as not only necessary, but, perhaps, essential".However, although he noted in his Preface that some slang terms had developed a different meaning, giving as an example "rum"—which Grose had defined as "Fine, good, valuable", but which "is now generally used for the very opposite qualities"—Egan allowed Grose's definition to remain in the dictionary itself.