diff --git a/xwords4/.gitignore b/xwords4/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bea575523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TAGS
diff --git a/xwords4/common/.gitignore b/xwords4/common/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..969d2071b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/common/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+obj_linux_memdbg
+obj_linux_rel/
diff --git a/xwords4/dawg/.gitignore b/xwords4/dawg/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2f808be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/dawg/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.bin
+*.stamp
+*.xwd
+dict2dawg
+*.dict.gz
diff --git a/xwords4/dawg/English/Makefile.College b/xwords4/dawg/English/Makefile.College
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3344cecee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/dawg/English/Makefile.College
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# -*- mode: makefile; -*-
+# Copyright 2002 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+XWLANG=CollegeEng
+LANGCODE=en_US
+TARGET_TYPE=WINCE
+
+include ../Makefile.2to8
+
+include ../Makefile.langcommon
+
+SOURCEDICT ?= $(XWDICTPATH)/English/CollegeEng.dict.gz
+
+$(XWLANG)Main.dict.gz: $(SOURCEDICT) Makefile
+	zcat $< | tr -d '\r' | tr [a-z] [A-Z] | grep -e "^[A-Z]\{2,15\}$$" | \
+		gzip -c > $@
+
+# Everything but creating of the Main.dict file is inherited from the
+# "parent" Makefile.langcommon in the parent directory.
+
+clean: clean_common
+	rm -f $(XWLANG)Main.dict.gz *.bin $(XWLANG)*.pdb $(XWLANG)*.seb 
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/.gitignore b/xwords4/linux/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a180ebfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/linux/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+obj_linux_*
+core