Wiktionary:Webster's Dictionary, 1913
Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 1909, is a public domain dictionary, as is also the revised 1913 edition. These dictionaries have been used to expand Wiktionary with more definitions.
These dictionaries were published by the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Wikification structureEdit
The exposition order is alphabetic, after beginning with pronunciation:
2. Adjective
3. Adverb
4. Noun
5. Pronoun
6. Verb.
They use a first-level title (i.e., ==Pronunciation==).
Intransitive and transitiveEdit
In verbs, there is a separation between intransitive and transitive forms, using a second-level title (i.e., ===Intransitive===).
AbbreviationsEdit
There are two different lists of abbreviations depending on the type.
- Wiktionary:Abbreviated Authorities in Webster lists abbreviations of literary works and authors (e.g. "Hawthorne" = "Nathaniel Hawthorne").
- Wiktionary:Abbreviations in Webster lists abbreviations of grammatical terms (e.g. "p. p." = "past participle").
More dataEdit
One can add more data to the word indicating synonyms, crossreferencing synonyms, citations, related terms and derived terms.
See alsoEdit
- Category:Webster 1913 - A category containing entries completely or partly imported from Webster 1913 (warning, contains a LOT of entries!). It would be of great use to Wiktionary to adapt these entries!
{{R:Webster 1913}}- A template used by pages which reference Webster 1913- Wiktionary:Webster 1913 - A page to track the progress of transferring and adapting material from Webster 1913
- Wiktionary:Entry layout - Wiktioanry guide to how an entry should look
- Wiktionary:Community Portal - more Wiktionary pages which may help
- Wiktionary_talk:FAQ#To_cite.2C_or_not_to_cite - a guide on citing pages
- Wiktionary:FAQ#Writing_definitions - A guide to writing good definitions
Webster's Dictionary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Noah Webster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
External linksEdit
- Project Gutenberg: The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, #673, in eBook format.
- Project Gutenberg: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, #29765, plain text
- Hyperdictionary, a site that shows search results in several dictionaries, including Webster 1913