* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> [09-06-05 18:44]:
English is a bitch. Even native speakers have trouble with the spelling, etc., of very similar words.
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This dictionary is not on line (AFAIK) so I have had to copy the definitions from a purchased edition. Some of the special dictionary marks did not copy properly. Sorry.
pat@wahoo:~> rpm -qi dictd Name : dictd Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 1.4.9 Vendor: SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany Release : 674 Build Date: Thu 02 Oct 2003 03:18:01 PM EST Install date: Sun 22 Aug 2004 08:34:20 AM EST Build Host: cameron.suse.de Group : Productivity/Office/Dictionary Source RPM: dictd-1.4.9-674.src.rpm Size : 577697 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 02 Oct 2003 03:43:54 PM EST, Key ID a84edae89c800aca Packager : http://www.suse.de/feedback Summary : Electronic Online Dictionaries Description : This package contains two programs. With 'dict' you have access to powerful electronic dictionaries on the Internet. With 'dictd' you can setup your own dictionary. To look up, for example, the word 'grunt', just type dict grunt See the man pages of dict and dictd for details. and it comes on the SuSE disks. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2