This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections and on talk pages to format quotations from Joseph Wright's work The English Dialect Dictionary (1st edition, 1898–1905, 6 volumes). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive:
The template takes the following parameters:
|1=
or |entry=
– the entry or headword in the work to be quoted from. If this parameter is omitted, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.|2=
, |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 |noformat=1
or |noformat=yes
: see the example below.|subentry=
– a term that appears as a subentry under an entry.|subpos=
– the part of speech of the subentry.|3=
or |page=
, or |pages=
– mandatory in some cases: the page or range of pages quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
|pages=10–11
.|pageref=
to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).|column=
or |columns=
– the column number(s) to be quoted from in Arabic numerals, either |column=1
or |column=2
. When referring to a passage that spans both columns, either omit this parameter or use an en dash like this: |columns=1–2
.|4=
, |text=
, or |passage=
– a passage quoted from the work.|nodot=
– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use |nodot=1
or |nodot=yes
.{{R:English Dialect Dictionary|pos=v|page=376|column=1|passage=To boast, brag; to gasconade.|nodot=yes}}
(when used in the entry flabbergast); or{{R:English Dialect Dictionary|entry=FLABBERGAST|pos=v|page=376|column=1|passage=To boast, brag; to gasconade.|nodot=yes}}
; or{{R:English Dialect Dictionary|FLABBERGAST|v|376|1|To boast, brag; to gasconade.|nodot=yes}}
{{R:English Dialect Dictionary|entry=SCUT|pos=''v.''{{sup|2}} and ''sb.''{{sup|3}}|noformat=yes|page=302|column=1|passage=To make short, hurried runs; to scamper away; to run without being seen.|nodot=yes}}
{{R:English Dialect Dictionary|entry=CROOKLE|pos=vb. ''and'' adj|pages=807–808|pageref=807|passage=CROOKLE, ''v.'' and ''adj.'' Yks. Lan. Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp. {{...}} 1. ''v.'' To make crooked, to bend, twist. {{...}} n.Lin.{{sup|1}} As crookled as a dog's hind leg.|nodot=yes}}
{{R:English Dialect Dictionary|subentry=Mizzly|subpos=adj|entry=MIZZLE|pos=v.''{{sup|1}} and ''sb|page=137|column=2|passage=drizzing; rainy; misty}}
{{RQ:English Dialect Dictionary}}
– for quotations in Wiktionary entries