cURLing dict.org - how to use cURL to send a well-formed request to the
dict.org online dictionary server.  More detailed info is in RFC 2229.
cURL communicates with dict.org on port 2628 by default.

Fast reference and syntax:
curl dict.org/<command>:<parameter>:<parameter2> ie:
curl dict.org/define:<word>[:<database>]

curl dict.org/define:db:vera
curl dict.org/define:book:gcide
curl dict.org/d:book:gcide
curl dict.org/d:book:moby-thesaurus

curl -o book.txt dict.org/define:book:gcide
curl -o book.txt dict.org/d:book:wn

curl dict.org/define:gry yields results from only gcide, whereas
curl dict.org/define:gry:all yields additional results.

curl dict.org/define:"talk mode":jargon
curl dict.org/define:"talk mode":jargon | more

curl dict.org/d:kennewick:gaz2k-places
curl dict.org/d:"kennewick, wa":gaz2k-places
curl dict.org/d:99336:gaz2k-zip
curl dict.org/d:benton:gaz2k-counties
curl dict.org/d:"benton county, wa":gaz2k-counties

curl dict.org/match:sun::soundex
curl dict.org/m:sun::soundex | more
curl -o sun.txt dict.org/m:sun::soundex

Full list of databases can be retrieved via: curl -o db.txt dict.org/show:db

Noteworthy databases:
gcide          "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
wn             "WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)"
moby-thesaurus "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
elements       "The Elements (07Nov00)"
vera           "V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (January 2014)"
jargon         "The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)"
foldoc         "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (20 July 2014)"
easton         "Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary"
hitchcock      "Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)"
bouvier        "Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)"
devil          "The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)"
world02        "CIA World Factbook 2002"
gaz2k-counties "U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)"
gaz2k-places   "U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)"
gaz2k-zips     "U.S. Gazetteer Zip Code Tabulation Areas (2000)"
english        "English Monolingual Dictionaries"
trans          "Translating Dictionaries"
all            "All Dictionaries (English-Only and Translating)"

Alternate lower-ascii table instead of CodePage 437 characters:

Fast reference and syntax:
curl dict.org/<command>:<parameter>:<parameter2> ie:
curl dict.org/define:<word>[:<database>]

curl dict.org/define:db:vera
curl dict.org/define:book:gcide
curl dict.org/d:book:gcide
curl dict.org/d:book:moby-thesaurus

curl -o book.txt dict.org/define:book:gcide
curl -o book.txt dict.org/d:book:wn

curl dict.org/define:gry yields results from only gcide, whereas
curl dict.org/define:gry:all yields additional results.

curl dict.org/define:"talk mode":jargon
curl dict.org/define:"talk mode":jargon | more

curl dict.org/d:kennewick:gaz2k-places
curl dict.org/d:"kennewick, wa":gaz2k-places
curl dict.org/d:99336:gaz2k-zip
curl dict.org/d:benton:gaz2k-counties
curl dict.org/d:"benton county, wa":gaz2k-counties

curl dict.org/match:sun::soundex
curl dict.org/m:sun::soundex | more
curl -o sun.txt dict.org/m:sun::soundex