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A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, —". But if its citations hold up, look for it in OED3, just above another new word that made it, ''acid rain. Curtasye in Babees Bk. He missed that deadline by 38 years. The online edition is the most up-to-date version of the dictionary available. By early , a total of 11 fascicles had been published, or about one per year: Retrieved 16 May

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The longest definition belongs to a short word: Poem 23 My Eyes are out, and all my Button-moulds Drop. By the eye I mean the first good eddy on the inside of any stream after it commences its shoot.

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Hale in Harper's Mag. Retrieved 6 January Murray himself died inwhen the dictionary had only reached ''ta. Words of the World: Special features of the Second Edition". Burchfield emphasized the inclusion of modern-day language and, through the supplement, the dictionary was expanded to include a wealth of new words from the burgeoning fields of science and technology, as well as popular culture and colloquial speech.

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Dick Dixie Frontier Ministers regularly took their morning eye-opener and their nightcap in the evening. Retrieved 26 May Ei for ei, and toth for toht. Its coeditors were John A. Unlike the first edition and its four supplements, this edition is computerized in collaboration with computer scientists in Britain and Canada, helped by hardworking women in Florida.

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Accordingly, it was recognized that work on a third edition would have oed begin to rectify these problems. Each definition is shown with numerous short usage quotations; in each case, the first quotation shows the first recorded instance of the word that the editors are aware of and, in the case of words and senses no longer in current usage, the last quotation is the last known recorded usage.

Inthe title The Oxford English Dictionary was first used unofficially on the covers of the series, and in the full dictionary was republished in ten bound volumes. If the editors felt that the dictionary would have to grow larger, it would; it was an important work, and worth the time and money to properly finish.

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It was another 50 years before the entire dictionary was complete. Preparation for this process began inand editorial work started the following year under the administrative direction of Timothy J. John Simpson and Edmund Weiner. Burchfield also removed, for unknown reasons, many entries that had been added to the supplement.

Retrieved 7 June If enough material was ready, or even pages would be published together.

Retrieved 18 March Retrieved 16 December Cassidy Jamaica Talk vii. The first dictionary fascicle was published on 1 February —twenty-three years after Coleridge's sample pages. The two volume letters were A and P ; the first supplement was at the second volume's end.

Frederick Furnivall— Retrieved 16 May His house was the first editorial office. Troubridge Life amongst TroubridgesI gave up directly with a very good grace, considering that I would have given my eyes to go.