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DICTIONARY

3 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Dictionary \Dic"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Dictionaries}. [Cf. F.
   dictionnaire. See {Diction}.]
   1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged
      alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a
      lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook.
            I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and
            noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or
            illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time
            the materials of a dictionary.        --Johnson.
   2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system
      or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a
      dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical
      dictionary.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
dictionary
     n : a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
         with information about them [syn: {lexicon}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]
DICTIONARY, n.  A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth
of a language and making it hard and inelastic.  This dictionary,
however, is a most useful work.

DICTIONARY

3 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Dictionary \Dic"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Dictionaries}. [Cf. F.
   dictionnaire. See {Diction}.]
   1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged
      alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a
      lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook.
            I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and
            noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or
            illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time
            the materials of a dictionary.        --Johnson.
   2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system
      or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a
      dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical
      dictionary.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
dictionary
     n : a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
         with information about them [syn: {lexicon}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]
DICTIONARY, n.  A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth
of a language and making it hard and inelastic.  This dictionary,
however, is a most useful work.