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But a definition can range from a single-word synonym ( entry 4b(3) : HEADWORD) to the 117 words of W9's definition of vocabulary entry —and beyond!
(3): HEADWORD (4): a headword with its definition or identification (5): VOCABULARY ENTRY”
The headword toad is duly glossed, as padda, karta , and then--quite needlessly--illustrated, with this remarkably elucidating sentence: the toad was delighted to see his mother again .
An entry in US commercial dictionary parlance means every headword (that is, main entry set flush left, often in larger boldface type); every inflected form; every run-on entry (the self-evident boldface words consisting of the headword plus a productive ending like - tion , - ly , - ness , etc.); list words (those beginning with a common prefix of transparent meaning like
Fourth, I think it a mistake to merge under one headword words of distinctly different provenances (that is, homographs), as in gloss . And, finally, there are far too many typographical errors for a book of this sort: under absent : “4nt”; after: “millenium”; loo: “existance.”