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This template cites the  (OLD), specifying the edition, page, and entry cited. Standard usage places this template in a Wiktionary entry’s  section, preceded by a bullet (generated by a line-initial asterisk:  ).

Parameters
This template has three positional parameters and one named parameter. Parameters  and   must be specified; additionally, either positional parameter   or the named parameter   must also be specified. The parameters are:
 * 1
 * Edition number — The only valid specifications for this parameter are  and  ; the former generates the text “(1st ed., 1968–82)” at the end of the citation, the latter “(2nd ed., 2012)”.
 * 2
 * Entry title — This is the as it occurs on the pages of the OLD; it is often the same as the Wiktionary , but may differ from it by the presence of macra (e.g. ), parentheses (e.g. ), or a comma (e.g. ), or by using a variant spelling (e.g. ).
 * 3
 * Page number — Specify this parameter the entry is listed wholly on one page; iff the entry is split across two or more pages, specify the page range using the named parameter   instead. If the entry’s listing is restricted to one column of a page, that column number may be specified using the format  ; for example, the listing of the first-edition OLD entry for  is restricted to the centre column of page 1,015 – this can be represented by specifying positional parameter   as.
 * 4
 * Page range — Specify this parameter iff the entry is split across two or more pages; iff the entry is listed wholly on one page, specify the page number using positional parameter  instead. A page range is specified using the format  ; that is, the number of the page on which the entry begins, followed by an, and then followed by the number of the page on which the entry ends (without spaces).

Examples
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