A Concise Dictionary of Middle English 
From A.D. 1150 to 1580. By A.L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat. In plain text, or as a zip file, from Project Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10625
An Internet Dictionary. 
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Online English dictionary, thesaurus and reference guide. Includes word games, online translator, and word of the day feature.
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Dictionary.net 
Comprehensive dictionary database of word and phrase definitions from 8 different sources.
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Elizabethan Dictionary 
Provides the origins and meanings of Elizabethan words and vocabulary including obscure Shakespearean expressions.
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Freesearch Dictionary 
A British English dictionary powered by the Cambridge University Press that contains around 150,000 words. The site offers a search feature or can be browsed by letter.
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HyperDic 
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Plan of an English Dictionary (1747) 
Letter written by Samuel Johnson to the Earl of Chesterfield setting out his plan for an English Dictionary.
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Suggestive Dictionary 
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The Beet Foundation 
General purpose online English language dictionary and Thesaurus.
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The Wordsworth Compendium 
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Ultralingua Online Dictionary 
Searchable dictionary of the English language, with standard, reverse and phonetic lookup. Also links to a range of other language resources.
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Searchable English language dictionary shows results in synonym sets.
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Wiktionary 
English language Wiki dictionary from the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Word Sytes 
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WordIQ Dictionary 
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