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Old 03-02-2017, 01:26 PM   #372
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Originally Posted by kobofan99 View Post
Less extraneous words and letters. I just continue what oren64 has done. I do by entry rather than globally because I don't have editing software so the changes aren't regular over all of the dictionary. I added to or deleted from a few entries when I checked the current wiktionary.

Here's a few examples:

conveyorised
a. (context UK English) (alternative spelling of conveyorized English) vb. (context UK English) (en-past of: conveyorise): (alternative spelling of conveyorized nocap=1 English)

conveyorised
a. (UK English) (alternative spelling of conveyorized) vb. (UK English) (past of: conveyorise): (alternative spelling of conveyorized)

colored
a. 1 Having a color. 2 Having a particular :w:color or kind of color. 3 Having prominent colors; colorful. 4 Influenced pervasively but subtly.<!--is't this the past tense of the verb?--> 5 (context US now dated and potentially offensive English) Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black. 6 (context South Africa potentially offensive English) Of neither black nor white skin color. 7 (context chiefly historical English) Designated for use by colored people (qualifier: in either the US or South African sense). alt. 1 Having a color. 2 Having a particular :w:color or kind of color. 3 Having prominent colors; colorful. 4 Influenced pervasively but subtly.<!--is't this the past tense of the verb?--> 5 (context US now dated and potentially offensive English) Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black. 6 (context South Africa potentially offensive English) Of neither black nor white skin color. 7 (context chiefly historical English) Designated for use by colored people (qualifier: in either the US or South African sense). n. 1 (context US now dated and offensive English) A colored person. 2 (context laundry English) A colored article of clothing. vb. (en-past of: color)

colored
a. 1 Having a color. 2 Having a particular color or kind of color. 3 Having prominent colors; colorful. 4 Influenced pervasively but subtly. 5 (US now dated and potentially offensive) Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black. 6 (South Africa potentially offensive) Of neither black nor white skin color. 7 (chiefly historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense). alt. coloured n. 1 (US, now dated and offensive) A colored person. 2 (laundry) A colored article of clothing. vb. (past of: color)

coltsfoot
n. An herbaceous plant, species (taxlink Tussilago farfara species noshow=1), that grows in Europe and the Middle East.

coltsfoot
n. An herbaceous plant, (Tussilago farfara), that grows in Europe and the Middle East.
thanks for keeping up with it, it's much appreciated

best wishes koboy
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