Abbreviations
Abbreviations for Dictionaries
- DOE
Dictionary of Old English (1986–)
- MED
Middle English Dictionary (1952–2001)
- NSSL
New Sydenham Society’s Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences (1879–1899)
- OED
Oxford English Dictionary
- OED1
First edition of the OED (1884–1928)
- OED2
Second edition of the OED (1989)
- OED3
Third edition of the OED (2000–)
Labels and Symbols in Dictionary Entries
- *
obsolete word or sense in A New and Comprehensive Dictionary (1855) and the Encyclopædic Dictionary (1879–1888)
- †
i. obsolete word or sense in the Imperial Dictionary (1882–1883) and the OED
ii. rare word or sense in the Encyclopædic Dictionary (1879–1888)
- a., adj.
adjective
- adv.
adverb
- n.
noun
- n.s.
noun substantive (i.e. noun)
- p.a.
participle active (i.e. present participle)
- pl.
plural
- s., sb.
substantive (i.e. noun)
- v.a.
verb active (i.e. transitive verb)
- v.n.
verb neuter (i.e. intransitive verb)
