If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

He took all of my research papers! That bastardIf Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
he just thought of them and wrote them down? used the internet to search?If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
Har...har... I am not sure, I often wonder where words came from! O.oIf Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
whoa!! i have no clue!!