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English dictionary includes present-day meanings as well as the history of individual words and of the language, traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to films scripts and cookery books.
Online catalog of Hofstra University Libraries holdings. Includes electronic reference books. Restrict your search to the Reference collection on each search screen. (See box to the right.)