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Hi,

>>>>> On 01 Jul 1999 12:55:12 +0200
>>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> said:

 Lars> I was getting tired up looking things up in a dead-wood
 Lars> dictionary (see the headers for details), so I whipped up a
 Lars> thing to look words up in a local Webster database. I've put
 Lars> the results at <URL:http://quimby.gnus.org/elisp/dict.el>.

Nice, nice, nice.

 Lars> Now, to use the thing, you need the Webster database as well,
 Lars> and I have absolutely no idea where one can find that.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of 1913 is on
<URL:ftp://ftp.uga.edu/pub/misc/webster/>. I cite the copyright:

       This electronic version may be used freely for personal use or
       for research, and may be freely distributed provided that the
       entire set of files are copied, and the headers and copyright
       notices are not modified or deleted.

	Robbe

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