Looking for dictionary recommedations

Kate Savage · 12 Jun 2006, 01:32 · from 2006-June.txt.gz

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From: katesavage2001 at yahoo.com (Kate Savage)
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:32:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Looking for dictionary recommedations
Message-ID: <20060612013232.77697.qmail at web36811.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I am looking for dictionary recommendations. I would like to purchase a good reference book for all those obscure word's Wolfe use that I have never seen before. I am thinking if getting a used copy of the Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary but it isn't the handiest format for casually looking up unfamiliar words. I am also thinking of the Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. 

  Any other suggestions?

  Thanks in advance.
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