I've brought up a DICT server, for those of you who want to look up the definitions of a variety of (mostly) English words and phrases, as well as other interesting entities. Point your dict client at kurtwerks.com. The databases I currently have available include:
$ dict -h kurtwerks.com -D devils THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) elements Elements database 20001107 foldoc The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) gazetteer U.S. Gazetteer (1990) gcide The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 jargon Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) vera V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 web1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) wn WordNet (r) 1.7 More information and downloads at http://www.dict.org/. Regards, Kurt -- Expense Accounts, n.: Corporate food stamps. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
