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     * [Reading email](usingcurl/reademail.md)
     * [Sending email](usingcurl/smtp.md)
     * [MQTT](usingcurl/mqtt.md)
-    * [TELNET](usingcurl/telnet.md)
     * [TFTP](usingcurl/tftp.md)
+    * [TELNET](usingcurl/telnet.md)
+    * [DICT](usingcurl/dict.md)
     * [TLS](usingcurl/tls.md)
         * [SSLKEYLOGFILE](usingcurl/tls/sslkeylogfile.md)
     * [Copy as curl](usingcurl/copyas.md)

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 Debug callback
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+DICT
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+# DICT
+
+DICT is a protocol for dictionary lookups.
+
+## Usage
+
+For fun try
+
+    curl dict://dict.org/m:curl
+    curl dict://dict.org/d:heisenbug:jargon
+    curl dict://dict.org/d:daniel:gcide
+
+Aliases for 'm' are 'match' and 'find', and aliases for 'd' are 'define' and
+'lookup'. For example,
+
+    curl dict://dict.org/find:curl
+
+Commands that break the URL description of the RFC (but not the DICT
+protocol) are
+
+    curl dict://dict.org/show:db
+    curl dict://dict.org/show:strat