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Re: is it possible to use dict with http://www.thefreedictionary.com



bxuefeng <phyrster@gmail.com>:
> 
>  I found http://www.thefreedictionary.com to be very powerful and useful. (no
>  advertisement intended:)
> 
>  Is there a way to use dict search words from this site?

Install dictd, then see /etc/dictd.conf

>  Also, the dictionaries I am using for dict are quite outdated (webster 1913)
>  are there any dict native dictionaries that I missed out on? 

  dict-web1913   - Empty package to assist the transition to dict

Looks like a metapackage to me.  "Empty package to assist the
transition to dict-gcide".  "aptitude search dict" lists a lot of
stuff.


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