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 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.

See also

• 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:Entry layout - Wiktionary guide to how an entry should look
• Wiktionary:FAQ#Writing definitions - A guide to writing good definitions
• Wiktionary talk:FAQ#To cite, or not to cite - a guide on citing pages
• Webster's Dictionary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Noah Webster 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
• Hyperdictionary, a site that shows search results in several dictionaries, including Webster 1913