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  2. Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English

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    The third edition (revised), published in 2008, has 1,264 pages, somewhat smaller than the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, and is distinct from the "Compact" (single- and two-volume photo-reduced) editions of the multi-volume Oxford English Dictionary.

  3. Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house. The dictionary, which published its first edition in 1884, traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to ...

  4. Wheelwright - Wikipedia

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    The basic parts of a wooden wheel are nave (or hub), spokes, felloes (felly) and tyre (tire). [3] [4] The nave is the central block of the wheel. In a wooden-spoked wheel, the nave acts as the hub. One end of each spoke is set into the nave in a process called tennoning. In older wheels, the nave had a 6-inch sleeve that fit over the axle to ...

  5. Oxford English Corpus - Wikipedia

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    The corpus is generally available only to researchers at Oxford University Press, but other researchers who can demonstrate a strong need may apply for access. [2] [3] The digital version of the Oxford English Corpus is formatted in XML and usually analysed with Sketch Engine software. [4] By April 27, 2006, the dictionary database had 1 ...

  6. Oxford spelling - Wikipedia

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    Oxford spelling (also Oxford English Dictionary spelling, Oxford style, or Oxford English spelling) is a spelling standard, named after its use by the Oxford University Press, that prescribes the use of British spelling in combination with the suffix -ize in words like realize and organization instead of -ise endings.

  7. H. W. Fowler - Wikipedia

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    [17] [13] The Concise Oxford has remained in print ever since, being regularly revised. [ 15 ] The next commission for the brothers was a much smaller, pocket-sized abridgement of the OED at the same time they were working on Modern English Usage ; work on both began in 1911, with Henry Fowler concentrating on Modern English Usage and Francis ...

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  9. Lexico - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a subscription service, while Lexico used the Oxford Dictionaries API [18] to offer more modern versions of the Oxford Dictionary of English and New Oxford American Dictionary to users for free. The OED described its difference from Oxford Dictionaries, the predecessor to Lexico, as follows: