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Usage
This template can be used in the "References" and "Further reading" sections of a Wiktionary entry, or on talk pages, to provide a citation to the 2nd edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (1989).

Parameters
The template takes the following optional parameters:


 * 1 or entry – the entry in the Dictionary cited. If not specified, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used.
 * pos or part of speech – the part of speech of the entry. By default, the template italicizes the value assigned to the parameter and adds a full stop (period) to the end. To turn off the default formatting for the purpose of specifying a different formatting using wikitext markup and templates, specify 1 or yes.
 * 2 or volume – the volume of the Dictionary in which the entry appears.
 * 3, page or pages – the page(s) of the Dictionary on which the entry appears. If citing a range of pages, separate the first and last page numbers of the range with an en dash, like this: 110–111.
 * column or columns – the column number(s) of the Dictionary on which the entry appears.
 * 4, text, or passage – a passage quoted from the Dictionary.
 * nodot – by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use 1 or yes.

Examples

 * Wikitext:
 * (assuming the template is used at ); or
 * R:OED2: make the template produce a link to a publicly accessible online entry
 * ; or
 * Result:
 * Result:


 * Wikitext:
 * ; or
 * Result:
 * Result:

Search
OED2 is publicly available but does not seem to be searchable; it's a hit and miss. Linking to it requires passing a numerical ID. One way to find an entry is by trying various guessed entry IDs to find the entry you seek.