OLD MAN OF THE MOON

  

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OLD MAN OF THE MOON

Specialty Definition: OLD MAN OF THE MOON

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Old Man of the Moon (The). The Chinese deity who links in wedlock predestined couples. (See Man In The Moon .)
"The Chinese have a firm belief in marriages being made in heaven. A certain deity, whom they call the `Old Man of the Moon,' links with a silken cord all predestined couples."- J. N. Jordan: Modern China (Nineteenth Century, July, 1886, p. 45). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: OLD MAN OF THE MOON

Specialty definitions using "OLD MAN OF THE MOON": Yue-Laou. (references)

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Anagrams: OLD MAN OF THE MOON

Proper Noun Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-h-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-o-o-t"

-5 letters: Hannelfoot.

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Alternative Orthography: OLD MAN OF THE MOON


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 4C 44      4D 41 4E      4F 46      54 48 45      4D 4F 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01001100 01000100 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001110 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001101 01001111 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#76 &#68 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#78 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#77 &#79 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 004C 0044      004D 0041 004E      004F 0046      0054 0048 0045      004D 004F 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4946382473548249402544239247494948

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