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Definition: NECK VERSE |
NECK VERSE1. (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, ``Miserere mei,'' etc. --Sir W. Scott. (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth. These words, ``bread and cheese,'' were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing ``broad and cause,'' being presently put to death. --Fuller. |
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Slang in 1811 | NECK VERSE. Formerly the persons claiming the benefit of clergy were obliged to read a verse in a Latin manuscript psalter: this saving them from the gallows, was termed their neck verse: it was the first verse of the fiftyfirst psalm, Miserere mei,&c. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "neck verse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | ecknay ersevay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"NECK VERSE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: neckverse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-k-n-r-s-v" | |
-2 letters: eveners, keeners, neckers, veneers. | |
-3 letters: censer, creeks, creese, evener, keener, keeves, kernes, necker, nerves, reeves, reseek, reseen, screen, secern, seeker, serene, severe, veneer. | |
-4 letters: cense, ceres, creek, ernes, esker, evens, keens, keeve, kerne, kerns, knees, necks, nerve, never, neves, recks, reeks, reeve, resee, scene, scree, serve, seven, sever, skeen, skene, sneck, sneer, veers, verse. | |
-5 letters: cees, cere, ekes, erne, erns, even, ever, eves, keen, kens, kern, knee, neck, neve, reck, recs, reek, rees, revs, seek, seen, seer, sene, sere, skee, veer, vees. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-k-n-r-s-v" | |
+4 letters: neckerchieves. | |
+5 letters: handkerchieves. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 43 4B 56 45 52 53 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01000011 01001011 00100000 01010110 01000101 01010010 01010011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E C K   V E R S E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0043 004B 0056 0045 0052 0053 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4839374525639525339 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Derivations 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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