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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'

Notes
-----

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.

If your version of make supports it, and you have multiple CPUs, you
can use 'make -j' instead of 'make' to significantly speed up the
build process.