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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DICT 7 "bowell,murray"
        !             2: .CT 1 inst_info
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: dict \- look up words in English dictionaries
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B dict
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-p
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I dictionary
        !            12: [
        !            13: .I word
        !            14: ]
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: .I Dict
        !            18: looks up words in the specified
        !            19: .I dictionary,
        !            20: .B webster
        !            21: by default.
        !            22: Words are read, one per line from the standard input, and
        !            23: entries are written on the standard output.
        !            24: Characters other than letters, digits, and space are ignored.
        !            25: A single word may be specified in the command.
        !            26: The options are
        !            27: .TP
        !            28: .B \-p
        !            29: Find all entries of which the specified
        !            30: .I word
        !            31: is a prefix.
        !            32: .TP
        !            33: .B \-r
        !            34: Print raw form, including diacriticals, font marks, etc.
        !            35: Different for each dictionary to which it applies.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: .I Dictionary
        !            38: is one of
        !            39: .TF thesaurus
        !            40: .TP
        !            41: .B webster
        !            42: Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Seventh Edition,
        !            43: full text.
        !            44: No option
        !            45: .BR -p .
        !            46: .PD
        !            47: .TP
        !            48: .B web7
        !            49: Same, words only.
        !            50: .TP
        !            51: .BR etym [ ology ]
        !            52: Inverted index to
        !            53: .L webster
        !            54: by root words.
        !            55: .TP
        !            56: .B web2
        !            57: Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, Second Edition,
        !            58: unabridged, words only.
        !            59: .TP
        !            60: .B oed
        !            61: The Oxford New English Dictionary, or OED,
        !            62: full text.
        !            63: No option
        !            64: .BR -p .
        !            65: .TP
        !            66: .B oxford
        !            67: The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Contemporary English,
        !            68: full text.
        !            69: No 
        !            70: .BR -p .
        !            71: .TP
        !            72: .B slang
        !            73: New Dictionary of American Slang (Harper).
        !            74: Field identifiers: 
        !            75: .B me
        !            76: main entry (perhaps flagged
        !            77: .BR @ ),
        !            78: .B nu
        !            79: sense number (also given as
        !            80: .BI * n *\fR),
        !            81: .B pr
        !            82: pronunciation,
        !            83: .B ps
        !            84: part of speech,
        !            85: .B vr
        !            86: variations
        !            87: .B la
        !            88: provenance,
        !            89: .B df
        !            90: definition,
        !            91: .B dx
        !            92: definition by example,
        !            93: .B ex
        !            94: example,
        !            95: .B ed
        !            96: editorial note,
        !            97: .B et
        !            98: etymology,
        !            99: .B xr
        !           100: cross reference,
        !           101: .B xx
        !           102: indirect address,
        !           103: .B sq
        !           104: sequence number in original text.
        !           105: .TP
        !           106: .B names
        !           107: The Oxford Dictionary of British surnames.
        !           108: .TP
        !           109: .B thesaurus
        !           110: Collins Thesaurus.
        !           111: .TP
        !           112: .B thesaurusa
        !           113: Same, augmented with complete backreferences among words.
        !           114: .TP
        !           115: .B places
        !           116: USGS Gazetteer of populated places in US and possessions, with standard county
        !           117: code, latitude, longitude, year of listing, altitude (feet),
        !           118: 1980 population, topo sheet code.
        !           119: For full name search, use thus: 
        !           120: .BR "dict places 'new york, ny'" ;
        !           121: without state, use prefix search:
        !           122: .BR "dict -p places 'new york'" .
        !           123: .TP
        !           124: towns
        !           125: A shorter gazetteer (PICADAD) of US populated places with latitude,
        !           126: longitude, zip code, and population class
        !           127: (0:0-1000, 1:1000-2500, 2:2500-5000,
        !           128: 3:5000-10,000, 4:10,000-25,000, 5:25,000-50,000, 6:50,000-100,000,
        !           129: 7:100,000-250,000, 8:250,000-500,000, 9:500,000+), and something else.
        !           130: .TP
        !           131: .B spell
        !           132: Word list of
        !           133: .IR spell (1).
        !           134: .TP
        !           135: .BR acro [ nym ]
        !           136: 17000 AT&T acronyms
        !           137: .TP
        !           138: anything else
        !           139: Print list of available dictionaries.
        !           140: .PP
        !           141: The dictionaries are copyrighted and must not
        !           142: be copied without permission, except for
        !           143: .LR web2 ,
        !           144: .LR spell ,
        !           145: and
        !           146: .LR acro .
        !           147: .SH FILES
        !           148: .TF /usr/spool/town/ustowns*
        !           149: .TP
        !           150: .F /usr/dict/*
        !           151: .RB (  /n/bowell )
        !           152: .TP
        !           153: .F /usr/dict/words
        !           154: .B spell
        !           155: or
        !           156: .BR web7 ,
        !           157: depending on machine
        !           158: .TP
        !           159: .F /usr/dict/oed
        !           160: .RB ( /n/kwee )
        !           161: .TP
        !           162: .F /usr/lib/dict/*
        !           163: .TP
        !           164: .F /usr1/maps/usplaces
        !           165: .RB (  /n/bowell )
        !           166: .TP
        !           167: .F /usr/spool/town/ustowns*
        !           168: .RB (  /n/alice )
        !           169: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           170: .IR look (1),
        !           171: .IR town (7)
        !           172: .SH BUGS
        !           173: In
        !           174: .BR webster ,
        !           175: .BR web7 ,
        !           176: and
        !           177: .BR pron ,
        !           178: diacriticals are done right \-
        !           179: by overstrikes \- which means they disappear on most screen terminals.
        !           180: .br
        !           181: In 
        !           182: .BR towns ,
        !           183: all data are lower case;
        !           184: missing zip codes look like normal codes ending in `000'.
        !           185: Latitude and longitude denote the center of population of the
        !           186: containing political entity; unincorporated places are spotted
        !           187: at the county center.
        !           188: .br
        !           189: In
        !           190: .BR slang ,
        !           191: some entries contain extra trash; option
        !           192: .B -p
        !           193: helps overcome the trouble.

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