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Definition: CORKING PIN |
CORKING PIN1. A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. |
Note: Corking pin \Cork"ing pin`\ (k[^o]rk"[i^]ng p[i^]n`). A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. [Obsolete]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Connection | Pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl; terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-i-k-n-n-o-p-r" | |
-2 letters: pricking, prinking. | |
-3 letters: coining, conking, corking, corning, ironing, kingpin, kirning, nicking, nocking, oinking, opining, picking, pinking, pocking, poncing, porcini, pricing, ricking, rocking. | |
-4 letters: coking, congii, coning, coping, coring, inking, irking, ironic, origin, piking, pining, pinion, pionic, pirogi, poking, poring, ricing, riping, roping. | |
-5 letters: coign, conin, corgi, gipon, giron, gopik, groin, icing, incog, inion, ionic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 52 4B 49 4E 47 50 49 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01010010 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010000 01001001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O R K I N G   P I N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 0052 004B 0049 004E 0047 0050 0049 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)374952454348412504348 |
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