What is that which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book called?
reference — That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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