R:Century 1911”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587


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    • {{R:Century 1911|entry=dictionary|pos=n.'' and ''a|page=1603|column=1|passage=A book containing either all or the principal words of a language, or words of one or more specified classes, arranged in a stated order, usually alphabetical, with definitions or explanations of their meanings and other information concerning them, expressed either in the same or in another language; {{...}}}}; or
    • {{R:Century 1911|dictionary|n.'' and ''a|page=1603|column=1|passage=A book containing either all or the principal words of a language, or words of one or more specified classes, arranged in a stated order, usually alphabetical, with definitions or explanations of their meanings and other information concerning them, expressed either in the same or in another language; {{...}}}}
  • Result: “dictionary, n. and a.”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587, page 1603, column 1:
    A book containing either all or the principal words of a language, or words of one or more specified classes, arranged in a stated order, usually alphabetical, with definitions or explanations of their meanings and other information concerning them, expressed either in the same or in another language; []