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BOB STAY

Specialty Definition: BOB STAY

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Slang in 1811

BOB STAY. A rope which holds the bowsprit to the stem or cutwater. Figuratively, the frenum of a man's yard. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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

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Anagrams: BOB STAY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: batboys, bobstay.

Words within the letters "a-b-b-o-s-t-y"

-1 letter: abbots, batboy.

-2 letters: abbot, boast, boats, botas, sabot, tabby.

-3 letters: abos, abys, baby, bast, bats, bays, boas, boat, bobs, bota, bots, boys, oast, oats, soya, stab, stay, stoa, stob, sybo, tabs, taos, toby, toys, yobs.

-4 letters: abo, abs, aby, ays, bas, bat, bay, boa, bob, bos, bot, boy, bys, oat, sab, sat, say, sob.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-b-o-s-t-y"
 

+1 letter: bobstays.

 

+4 letters: sorbability.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BOB STAY


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

42 4F 42      53 54 41 59

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

    

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

01000010 01001111 01000010 00100000 01010011 01010100 01000001 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#79 &#66 &#32 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 004F 0042      0053 0054 0041 0059

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

364936253543559

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