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 vastly used to expand Wiktionary with more definitions.

These dictionaries were published by the G. & C. Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Wikification structure

The exposition order is alphabetic, after beginning with pronunciation:

1. Pronunciation

2. Adjective

3. Adverb

4. Noun

5. Pronoun

6. Verb.

They use a first-level title (i.e., ==Pronunciation==).

In the verb, include imp., p. p., p. pr. and vb. n. forms.

Intransitive and transitive

In verbs, there is a separation between intransitive and transitive forms, using a second-level title (i.e., ===Intransitive===).

Abbreviations

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 data

One can add more data to the word indicating synonyms, crossreferencing synonyms, citations, related terms and derived terms. Some certainly needing more data can be found at Category:Requests for quotation by source

See also

• {{R:Webster 1913}} - A template used by pages which reference Webster 1913
• Wiktionary:Entry layout - Wiktionary guide to how an entry should look
• Wiktionary:FAQ#Writing definitions - A guide to writing good definitions
• Webster's Dictionary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

External links

• Project Gutenberg: The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, #673, in eBook format.
• Project Gutenberg: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, #29765, plain text