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Key to symbols and other conventions
% L. E! M! ^+ [$ G! v( XBefore a word or sense, E1 N. C! Q, j) A; r$ Q+ k
( }+ k7 ^4 S; k+ k I# l. }' O† = obsolete
* \; ~' D7 N( y( B2 W‖ = not naturalized, alien (not used in New Edition entries)7 h+ {% J- P a; v) r i
¶ = catachrestic and erroneous uses (not used in New Edition entries)1 r1 S: ^% ]6 N
After a label ‘Obs.’ or ‘rare’( b/ E( E' y/ B0 x* a& G) ?
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—0 indicates a word or sense for which no contextual examples from printed sources were available to the editors. I5 X7 q6 D' y2 w
—17 y5 E5 l: n) j, `( T
indicates a word or sense for which only one contextual example from a printed source was available to the editors
- p! i) O( E7 H- yIn a listing of variant spellings: x" M7 [9 X3 ]; }% X
* ]% ~8 S2 m( E' h- ySecond Edition entries:! F. C! k6 F9 P) R
9 v0 A8 W1 W5 z* Y- a! A1 }1 = before 11003 b `: I5 Z1 l5 Y
2 = 12th century (1100-1200)
. {! F, F+ S& c& n6 o3 = 13th century (1200-1300), etc." o8 Y1 o) `7 }* t3 m
5-7 = 15th to 17th century, etc.
" Y7 k" b( \8 b, U2 L! v9- = 19th century to present, etc.1 q6 h- Y" f* x
20 = 20th century" l( a# x8 I" l
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' q) c F9 O( G* [# ]/ @9 uNew Edition entries:
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* u4 v; R1 K4 c7 X% jeOE = early Old English
. w% q6 e+ ]2 z: H: VOE = Old English
) F3 I! Z0 D* C" J: U9 MlOE = late Old English4 P) P3 G. {' P3 q9 W; J
eME = early Middle English
( K: z" p; ]- {- VME = Middle English
5 k: @2 y: w S- d# @lME = late Middle English6 B: ~- _6 K) B6 i& K$ Z4 a
14 = 1400-99 q% w% k' O% X4 u% K
15 = 1500-99, etc.
$ [& O8 M: r% V16-18 = 1600-1899, etc.3 o- }$ r8 ?/ b6 M
18- = 1800-present, etc.
0 m; h' R5 h- o* L$ e# _9 p* p-17 = before 1700 (labelling Older Scottish forms)
% n+ |: Q' d0 L7 u2 a C' WIn an etymology, u6 p- t: P) W
' X. W* I7 Y3 @ ^* indicates a word or form not actually found, but of which the existence is inferred) \# K+ L/ }; p
< = from (in New Edition entries)
8 ~( B0 C! e( {1 O+ l> = developed into or borrowed as (in New Edition entries); L& G* m+ @ W6 D" Y4 T
Before a date {( J1 J1 L8 Y) S& d& M
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a = ante
& c0 _; x1 V! S" O1 b5 d4 |c = circa& F/ o9 ?) q! F- F& \ m) t
? indicates an uncertain date( e$ y: B0 l* ]* a
In a quotation/ m; X: _. v/ i7 G
% U, G! r3 {$ N
… (within cited text) indicates an omitted part of a quotation( x$ ^* z/ i3 q k& _ U1 V
[ ] surrounds an editorial insertion
/ p4 F* L" p; @4 M~ indicates a hyphen introduced in the printing of the First Edition of the OED, which may not have been present in the cited text
8 b- Q% o* b9 T" p6 v6 j: P7 ]Around an entire quotation0 Z6 C9 L- \# u
) i0 I( m' ~& O& z: a3 `[ ] indicates a quotation is relevant to the development of a sense but not directly illustrative of it
d& S4 @' t- c( ]& X8 [Around an entire entry/ l& G9 J+ P! z/ T- @, X3 @2 R
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