http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2229.txt
RFC 2229: A Dictionary Server Protocol, R. Faith, B. Martin1997-10-01T23:00:00-00:00The Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT) is a TCP transaction based query/response protocol that allows a client to access dictionary definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.