webby

http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/${l}/${w}

Searches the excellent Webster's Online Dictionary, English-English or English-Any Language.

There are three ways to use this:

1. English - English (Dictionary)
Use the (-w) parameter before entering word.
webby -w malleability
webby -w posture

2. English - Other Language (Translation)
Use (-l) to set language and (-w) to set word. Supposedly supports 1226 languages. (Remember to use full language names)
webby -l Hindi -w electricity
webby -w distribution -l Russian

To translate to as many languages as possible at once, use (-l non_english) (Usually doesn't work very well)
webby -l non_english -w freedom
webby -l non_english -w boink

3. Hotlink
Just use "webby" to get to the damn page and figure out the rest yourself.

21 uses - Created 2011-03-06 07:51:09 - Last used 2025-06-29 19:15:55

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