english dictionary?

[David Kramer]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Ron Peterson wrote:

> Derek Martin wrote:
> > 
> > Today, Ron Peterson gleaned this insight:
> > 
> > > Anyone care to recommend a good english dictionary for use w/ Linux?
> > 
> > http://www.m-w.com
> 
> Anything I could use off-line?

That depends.  Are you looking for definitions or spellchecking?

If you just want spell checking, I would use ispell and words.  If you
need definitions, I would grab a text version from the Guttenberg project
et al.

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