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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sepherke)
Tue Feb 10 14:38:36 1998
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:38:22 EST
From: sepherke <sepherke@MIT.EDU>
~/sepherke@x15-cruise-basselope[Tue 2:36pm] >webster altir
No definition for 'altir'. Maybe you mean:
1. altair 2. altar 3. alter
4. astir
~/sepherke@x15-cruise-basselope[Tue 2:37pm] >webster altair
The webster servers have failed to answer the request to look up your word.
This could be because the webster server is down, or because your word is
too long and the server can't find it. Try looking up "tree" -- if that
works, then you've probably misspelled your word. If it fails, then send
mail to bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU to let the SIPB know that the servers are
broken.
~/sepherke@x15-cruise-basselope[Tue 2:37pm] >webster tree
1. tree \'tre-\ \-l*s\ n [ME, fr. OE tre-ow; akin to ON tre- tree, Gk drys,
Skt] often attrib da-ru wood 1a: a woody perennial plant having a single
usu. elongate main stem generally with few or no branches on its lower part
1b: a shrub or herb of arborescent form {rose ~s} {a banana ~} 2a1: a piece
of wood (as a post or pole) usu. adapted to a particular use or forming
part of a sturcture or implement archaic 2a2: the cross on which Jesus was
crucified archaic 2b: GALLOWS 3: something in the form of or felt to
resemble a tree : as 3a: a diagram that depicts a branching from an
original stem {genealogical ~} 3b: an arborescent aggregation of crystals
3c: a much-branched system of channels esp. in an animal body {the vascular
~} - tree.less aj
2. tree vt or treed; or tree.ing 1a: to drive to or up a tree {treed by a
bull} {dogs ~ing game} 1b: to bring to bay : CORNER 2: to furnish or fit
with a tree
