Does anyone still have the old default dictionary?

Uncle Robin · 10-02-2020, 09:39 PM

I came across a word usage that made me smile today, as it was not a sense of the word in question that I was familiar with. Oxford cleared up my confusion (sadly), but it made me wonder if the old default English dictionary would have done the same, or left me thinking the writing was half-baked

hobnail · 10-02-2020, 10:40 PM

It has the French loaf and diamond cut definitions but not the purse one.

Uncle Robin · 10-02-2020, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by hobnail

It has the French loaf and diamond cut definitions but not the purse one.

Thanks! That confirms a win for Oxford

DNSB · 10-03-2020, 12:25 AM

And it doesn't have the definition for the word as used in your book. Going off memory here but as I remember it, my mother had two baguette watches, one which was an elongated rectangular shape and another which was an elongated oval shape. Most of what I remember was that even for my much younger eyes at that time, those tiny little hands were hard to see.

lightbulbjim · 10-04-2020, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

And it doesn't have the definition for the word as used in your book. Going off memory here but as I remember it, my mother had two baguette watches, one which was an elongated rectangular shape and another which was an elongated oval shape. Most of what I remember was that even for my much younger eyes at that time, those tiny little hands were hard to see.

The old dictionary would probably say something like "of or pertaining to something to do with X"

Terisa de morgan · 10-05-2020, 12:38 AM

Thank you. I knew the three meanings you have in the dictionary (Spanish woman, so French words are more known here), but not the meaning I think it's intended in the book: a kind of watch.

Uncle Robin · 10-05-2020, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Thank you. I knew the three meanings you have in the dictionary

There are 4 definitions listed, not 3

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hobnail Running with scissors Posts: 1,586 Karma: 14328510 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: none	It has the French loaf and diamond cut definitions but not the purse one.

10-03-2020, 12:25 AM	#4
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,149 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	And it doesn't have the definition for the word as used in your book. Going off memory here but as I remember it, my mother had two baguette watches, one which was an elongated rectangular shape and another which was an elongated oval shape. Most of what I remember was that even for my much younger eyes at that time, those tiny little hands were hard to see.

10-05-2020, 12:38 AM	#6
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,627 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Thank you. I knew the three meanings you have in the dictionary (Spanish woman, so French words are more known here), but not the meaning I think it's intended in the book: a kind of watch.

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