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Add Firefox search for Online Etymology Dictionary
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:moz="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/">
<!-- Generated by http://www.7is7.com/software/firefox/opensearch.html -->
<ShortName>Online Etymology Dictionary</ShortName>
<Description>Online Etymology Dictionary Search</Description>
<Url type="text/html" method="get" template="https://www.etymonline.com/search?q={searchTerms}&amp;sourceid=opensearch"/>
<Image width="16" height="16" type="image/x-icon">https://www.etymonline.com/favicon.ico</Image>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
<moz:SearchForm>https://www.etymonline.com/</moz:SearchForm>
<moz:UpdateUrl>https://www.etymonline.com/opensearch.xml</moz:UpdateUrl>
<moz:IconUpdateUrl>https://www.etymonline.com/favicon.ico</moz:IconUpdateUrl>
<moz:UpdateInterval>7</moz:UpdateInterval>
</OpenSearchDescription>
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doyousketch2 commented Dec 26, 2017

https://git.io/vNznI

Right-click any page from https://www.etymonline.com
Inspect Element
Right-click <head> Edit as HTML
add this line of code between <head> and <meta>:

<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Online Etymology Dictionary" href="https://git.io/vb7xB">

Click outside of edit-box, and close the Developer Tools popup window.
Tap the green + in your search bar to add the search plugin.

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cyfex commented Oct 8, 2020

Usable and useful. Thanks for the handy solution~

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