OLD MORTALITY

  

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OLD MORTALITY

Specialty Definition: OLD MORTALITY

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Literature

Old Mortality The itinerant antiquary in Sir Walter Scott's novel of that name. It is said to be a picture of Robert Paterson, a Scotchman, who busied himself in clearing the moss from the tombstones of the Covenanters. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Crosswords: OLD MORTALITY

Specialty definitions using "OLD MORTALITY": Balfour of BurleyCourt of the GentilesDevil to Pay and no Pitch Hot, Dry LodgingsFlee the FalconGeneva Print, Goose Gibbie, GrassmarketJohn Tamson's ManKettledrummleMacbriar, Malt ... Meal, Marvedie, MucklewrathPoundtextSt. Johnstone's TippetWooden Mare. (references)

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Commercial Usage: OLD MORTALITY

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Books

  • The Tale of Old Mortality (Penguin Classics) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Anagrams: OLD MORTALITY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-i-l-l-m-o-o-r-t-t-y"

-2 letters: toroidally.

-3 letters: mortality, tomatillo.

-4 letters: adroitly, dilatory, idolator, idolatry, littoral, modality, molality, molarity, morality, mortally, rototill, tiltyard, toroidal, tortilla.

-5 letters: amyloid, dayroom, dilator, doomily, doormat, dottily, lairdly, litoral, lordoma, maillot, malodor, mattoid, modally, moodily, morally, orality, ridotto, roomily, tardily, tidally, timolol, totally, tritoma.

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

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Alternative Orthography: OLD MORTALITY


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

4F 4C 44      4D 4F 52 54 41 4C 49 54 59

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

    

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

01001111 01001100 01000100 00100000 01001101 01001111 01010010 01010100 01000001 01001100 01001001 01010100 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#76 &#68 &#32 &#77 &#79 &#82 &#84 &#65 &#76 &#73 &#84 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 004C 0044      004D 004F 0052 0054 0041 004C 0049 0054 0059

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

4946382474952543546435459

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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