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     DICT(7)                  (bowell,murray)                  DICT(7)

     NAME
          dict - look up words in English dictionaries

     SYNOPSIS
          dict [ -p ] [ dictionary [ word ] ]

     DESCRIPTION
          Dict looks up words in the specified dictionary, webster by
          default.  Words are read, one per line from the standard
          input, and entries are written on the standard output.
          Characters other than letters, digits, and space are
          ignored.  A single word may be specified in the command.
          The options are

          -p   Find all entries of which the specified word is a pre-
               fix.

          -r   Print raw form, including diacriticals, font marks,
               etc.  Different for each dictionary to which it
               applies.

          Dictionary is one of

          webster    Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Seventh
                     Edition, full text.  No option -p.

          web7       Same, words only.

          etym[ology]
                     Inverted index to `webster' by root words.

          web2       Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary,
                     Second Edition, unabridged, words only.

          oed        The Oxford New English Dictionary, or OED, full
                     text.  No option -p.

          oxford     The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Con-
                     temporary English, full text.  No -p.

          slang      New Dictionary of American Slang (Harper).  Field
                     identifiers: me main entry (perhaps flagged @),
                     nu sense number (also given as *n*), pr pronunci-
                     ation, ps part of speech, vr variations la prove-
                     nance, df definition, dx definition by example,
                     ex example, ed editorial note, et etymology, xr
                     cross reference, xx indirect address, sq sequence
                     number in original text.

          names      The Oxford Dictionary of British surnames.

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          thesaurus  Collins Thesaurus.

          thesaurusa Same, augmented with complete backreferences
                     among words.

          places     USGS Gazetteer of populated places in US and pos-
                     sessions, with standard county code, latitude,
                     longitude, year of listing, altitude (feet), 1980
                     population, topo sheet code.  For full name
                     search, use thus: dict places 'new york, ny';
                     without state, use prefix search: dict -p places
                     'new york'.

          towns      A shorter gazetteer (PICADAD) of US populated
                     places with latitude, longitude, zip code, and
                     population class (0:0-1000, 1:1000-2500, 2:2500-
                     5000, 3:5000-10,000, 4:10,000-25,000, 5:25,000-
                     50,000, 6:50,000-100,000, 7:100,000-250,000,
                     8:250,000-500,000, 9:500,000+), and something
                     else.

          spell      Word list of spell(1).

          acro[nym]  17000 AT&T acronyms

          anything else
                     Print list of available dictionaries.

          The dictionaries are copyrighted and must not be copied
          without permission, except for `web2', `spell', and `acro'.

     FILES
          (/n/bowell)
          spell                     or web7, depending on machine
          (/n/kwee)
          overcome the trouble.