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1*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombieradict [-d dictionary] [pattern]
2*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier
3*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier	adict with no arguments opens a window that displays all the currently
4*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombieravailable dictionaries.  To select a dictionary, click the right mouse button on
5*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombierits name.
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7*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier-d dictionary	Opens a window that interfaces to the specified dictionary.  To
8*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier	look up a word, enter it in the window, and click the right mouse button on it.
9*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier
10*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier[pattern]	If no dictionary is specified, adict looks up the pattern in "oed" (Oxford
11*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier	English Dictionary).  If more than one entry is found, adict opens a window
12*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier	displaying the headers of the matching entries.  To display a particular entry
13*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier	click the right mouse button on the number to its left.
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15*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierQuit		Exit and remove all windows associated with this one.
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17*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierNmatch	Display the next matching entry.
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19*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierNext		Display the next entry in the dictionary.
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21*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierPrev		Display the previous entry in the dictionary.
22*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier
23*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier	Nmatch works independently of Prev and Next.
24*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier
25*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier	Any word in the window displaying an entry can be looked up in the selected
26*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombierdictionary by clicking the right mouse button on that word.