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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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