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Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition v3 dict edition
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This is a collection of scripts to convert the Oxford English
Dictionary, 2nd Edition (software version v3) into the jargon
and DICT formats.

Dependencies
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- To create DICT files the 'dictfmt' and 'dictzip' tools need to
  be installed.

- The files 1-10.htm from the OED CDs need to be copied into this
  directory. Some are under the 'Data/' directory on the CDs.

Install
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- To create a .jargon file, run 'make oed.jargon'

- To create a .dict file, run 'make oed.dict', or for a compressed
  version 'make oed.dict.dz'

- To install the dictionary for dictd, run 'make install'

Note
----

The dictionary included in v3 is the same as v4, but with v4 the
OED started encrypting the dictionary files. They probably wouldn't
be difficult to decrypt, but I haven't the time or inclination to
do so. If anyone wants to, let me know how you get on and I'll
very happily incorporate support for it.