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AGRAFFE

Definitions: AGRAFFE

AGRAFFE

Noun

1. A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration.

2. A hook or clasp.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Agraffe \A*graffe"\, noun. [French expression agrafe, formerly agraffe, Old French agrappe. See Agrappes.]. (Websters 1913)



Crosswords: AGRAFFE

Etymologies containing "AGRAFFE": GRAPE. (references)
Non-English Usage: "AGRAFFE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

German (clasp, hook).

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Derivations: AGRAFFE

Derivations

Words beginning with "AGRAFFE": agraffes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: AGRAFFE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-f-g-r"

-1 letter: agrafe, gaffer.

-2 letters: gaffe.

-3 letters: afar, agar, ager, area, fare, fear, frae, frag, gaff, gear, raff, raga, rage.

-4 letters: aff, aga, age, are, arf, ear, eff, era, erg, fag, far, fer, gae, gar, rag, ref, reg.

-5 letters: aa, ae, ag, ar, ef, er, fa, re.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-f-f-g-r"
 

+1 letter: agraffes.

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

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Alternative Orthography: AGRAFFE


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

41 47 52 41 46 46 45

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    --.    .-.    .-    ..-.    ..-.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01000001 01000111 01010010 01000001 01000110 01000110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#71 &#82 &#65 &#70 &#70 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0047 0052 0041 0046 0046 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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

35415235404039

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Derivations
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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