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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man7/dict.7 b/static/unix-v10/man7/dict.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a404e7ad --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man7/dict.7 @@ -0,0 +1,193 @@ +.TH DICT 7 "bowell,murray" +.CT 1 inst_info +.SH NAME +dict \- look up words in English dictionaries +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B dict +[ +.B \-p +] +[ +.I dictionary +[ +.I word +] +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Dict +looks up words in the specified +.I dictionary, +.B 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 +.TP +.B \-p +Find all entries of which the specified +.I word +is a prefix. +.TP +.B \-r +Print raw form, including diacriticals, font marks, etc. +Different for each dictionary to which it applies. +.PP +.I Dictionary +is one of +.TF thesaurus +.TP +.B webster +Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Seventh Edition, +full text. +No option +.BR -p . +.PD +.TP +.B web7 +Same, words only. +.TP +.BR etym [ ology ] +Inverted index to +.L webster +by root words. +.TP +.B web2 +Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, Second Edition, +unabridged, words only. +.TP +.B oed +The Oxford New English Dictionary, or OED, +full text. +No option +.BR -p . +.TP +.B oxford +The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Contemporary English, +full text. +No +.BR -p . +.TP +.B slang +New Dictionary of American Slang (Harper). +Field identifiers: +.B me +main entry (perhaps flagged +.BR @ ), +.B nu +sense number (also given as +.BI * n *\fR), +.B pr +pronunciation, +.B ps +part of speech, +.B vr +variations +.B la +provenance, +.B df +definition, +.B dx +definition by example, +.B ex +example, +.B ed +editorial note, +.B et +etymology, +.B xr +cross reference, +.B xx +indirect address, +.B sq +sequence number in original text. +.TP +.B names +The Oxford Dictionary of British surnames. +.TP +.B thesaurus +Collins Thesaurus. +.TP +.B thesaurusa +Same, augmented with complete backreferences among words. +.TP +.B places +USGS Gazetteer of populated places in US and possessions, with standard county +code, latitude, longitude, year of listing, altitude (feet), +1980 population, topo sheet code. +For full name search, use thus: +.BR "dict places 'new york, ny'" ; +without state, use prefix search: +.BR "dict -p places 'new york'" . +.TP +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. +.TP +.B spell +Word list of +.IR spell (1). +.TP +.BR acro [ nym ] +17000 AT&T acronyms +.TP +anything else +Print list of available dictionaries. +.PP +The dictionaries are copyrighted and must not +be copied without permission, except for +.LR web2 , +.LR spell , +and +.LR acro . +.SH FILES +.TF /usr/spool/town/ustowns* +.TP +.F /usr/dict/* +.RB ( /n/bowell ) +.TP +.F /usr/dict/words +.B spell +or +.BR web7 , +depending on machine +.TP +.F /usr/dict/oed +.RB ( /n/kwee ) +.TP +.F /usr/lib/dict/* +.TP +.F /usr1/maps/usplaces +.RB ( /n/bowell ) +.TP +.F /usr/spool/town/ustowns* +.RB ( /n/alice ) +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR look (1), +.IR town (7) +.SH BUGS +In +.BR webster , +.BR web7 , +and +.BR pron , +diacriticals are done right \- +by overstrikes \- which means they disappear on most screen terminals. +.br +In +.BR towns , +all data are lower case; +missing zip codes look like normal codes ending in `000'. +Latitude and longitude denote the center of population of the +containing political entity; unincorporated places are spotted +at the county center. +.br +In +.BR slang , +some entries contain extra trash; option +.B -p +helps overcome the trouble. |
