allow me to disabuse you of any ignorance in this regard (indigence too) -- if you have access to a good library, you maybe can arrange through them to get (FREE) online access to OED2+ via a subscription account. twenty(20) volumes? feh!


edit: from the OED home page..
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On 12 June, the revised range quittal to ramvert was added to the Dictionary. The Chief Editor reviews some of the most interesting linguistic developments in this range more…

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Access the whole OED from home by using your local library's subscription. (Most UK public libraries subscribe.) more… [as well as many US ones - tsuwm]

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