Looking for dictionary recommedations

Macronaut · 12 Jun 2006, 14:27 · from 2006-June.txt.gz

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From: macronaut at yahoo.com (Macronaut)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:27:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Looking for dictionary recommedations
In-Reply-To: <20060612013232.77697.qmail at web36811.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20060612142716.47056.qmail at web51111.mail.yahoo.com>

You might also consider the DVD version of the OED. 
Much easier to search, and it's far cheaper.

Macronaut

--- Kate Savage <katesavage2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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