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.TH DICT 7 bowell
.SH NAME
dict \- look up words in English dictionaries
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dict
[
.B \-p
] [ dictionary [ word ] ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Dict 
looks up words in the specified
.I dictionary.
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.
If just one word is to be looked up, it may be given as
an argument.
.I Dictionary 
is one of
.IP webster "\w'webster  'u"
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Seventh Edition,
full text (default)
.IP web7
same, words only
.IP etym[ology]
inverted index to `webster' by root words
.IP web2
Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, Second Edition,
unabridged, words only
.IP oxford
The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Contemporary English,
full text
.IP spell
word list of
.IR spell (1)
.IP acro[nym]
17000 AT&T acronyms
.PP
Option
.B \-p
finds all entries of which the specified `word' is a prefix.
This option is ignored for full-text dictionaries.
.PP
The dictionaries for
.I webster, oxford, web7
and
.I etymology
are copyrighted and should not be copied without permission.
.SH FILES
.nf
.ta \w'/usr1/dict/oaldce/*  'u
/usr1/dict/w7full/*
/usr1/dict/w7etym
/usr1/dict/web2
/usr1/dict/oaldce/*
/usr/dict/words	spell or web7, depending on machine
/usr1/dict/acro
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
look(1)
.SH BUGS
In some of the dictionaries, diacriticals are done right \-
by overstrikes,
with which few screen terminals can cope.