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Originally, the dictionary was unconnected to the university; it was a project conceived in [[London]], by the [[Philological Society]], when [[Richard Chenevix Trench]], [[Herbert Coleridge]], and [[Frederick James Furnivall|Frederick Furnivall]] were dissatisfied with the available English dictionaries.

Originally, the dictionary was unconnected to the university; it was a project conceived in [[London]], by the [[Philological Society]], when [[Richard Chenevix Trench]], [[Herbert Coleridge]], and [[Frederick James Furnivall|Frederick Furnivall]] were dissatisfied with the available English dictionaries.

In [[June]] [[1857]], they formed an "Unregistered Words Committee" for finding unlisted and undefined words not in current dictionaries. But Trench's report, presented in November, was not a simple list of unregistered words; it was a study titled ''On Some Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries'', which he concluded were sevenfold:

In June, 1857, they formed an "Unregistered Words Committee" for finding unlisted and undefined words not in current dictionaries. But Trench's report, presented in November, was not a simple list of unregistered words; it was a study titled ''On Some Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries'', which he concluded were sevenfold:

*Incomplete coverage of obsolete words

*Incomplete coverage of obsolete words

*Inconsistent coverage of families of related words

*Inconsistent coverage of families of related words