DECK HAND

  

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DECK HAND

Definition: DECK HAND

DECK HAND

1. A sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: DECK HAND

English words defined with "DECK HAND": boodleChicagoMichigannewmarketstops. (references)
Specialty definitions using "DECK HAND": CANTILEVER-CRANE OPERATOR, cement finisher, CEMENT MASON, cement paver, concrete finisher, concrete floater, container crane operatorJOINER HELPERORDINARY SEAMAN. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DECK HAND

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

deck hand rails

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: DECK HAND

Language Translations for "DECK HAND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

detar i thjeshtë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نوتي عادي في سفينة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

матрос (sailor, seaman, tar). (various references)

   

Danish

  

foerste matros (licensed deck hand). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

eerste matroos (licensed deck hand, seaman). (various references)

   

French

  

matelot. (various references)

   

German

  

deckshelfer. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μούτσοσ (cabin boy). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ספן (mariner, sailor, water man). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"板" . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

か"ぱ"い", "うは"い". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eckday andhay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

marinar care îngrijeşte puntea. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

jungman. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tayfa (company, crew, seaman recruit, swab), güverte tayfası. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DECK HAND

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: deckhand.

Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-h-k-n"

-2 letters: danced, hacked, handed, hanked, keddah.

-3 letters: ached, acned, caked, caned, dance, hacek, haded, hance, kench, kheda, knead, naked.

-4 letters: aced, ache, acne, ankh, cade, cake, cane, chad, dace, dank, dead, dean, deck, dhak, each, hack, hade, haed, haen, hake, hand, hank, head, heck, kane, khan, neck.

-5 letters: ace, add, and, ane, cad, can, dad, dah, dak, den, edh, end, had, hae, hen, kae, kea, ken, nae, nah.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-e-h-k-n"
 

+1 letter: deckhands.

 

+2 letters: backhanded, handpicked.

 

+4 letters: backhandedly, stickhandled.

 

+5 letters: knuckleheaded.

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

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Alternative Orthography: DECK HAND


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

44 45 43 4B      48 41 4E 44

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

    

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

01000100 01000101 01000011 01001011 00100000 01001000 01000001 01001110 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#69 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#72 &#65 &#78 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0045 0043 004B      0048 0041 004E 0044

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

38393745242354838

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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