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DISTAFF DAY

Definition: DISTAFF DAY

DISTAFF DAY

1. The morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also Rock Day , a distaff being called a rock. --Shipley.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: DISTAFF DAY

English words defined with "DISTAFF DAY": Distaff's Day. (references)
Specialty definitions using "DISTAFF DAY": Plough MondayRock Day. (references)

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Anagrams: DISTAFF DAY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-f-f-i-s-t-y"

-3 letters: dadaist, distaff, faddist, taffias.

-4 letters: stadia, taffia, tafias.

-5 letters: adits, adyta, dadas, daffs, daffy, daisy, didst, ditas, ditsy, dyads, faddy, fiats, fifty, satay, sayid, staff, staid, stiff, taffy, tafia, tiffs, tsadi, yaffs.

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

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Alternative Orthography: DISTAFF DAY


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

44 49 53 54 41 46 46      44 41 59

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

    

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

01000100 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01000110 01000110 00100000 01000100 01000001 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#70 &#70 &#32 &#68 &#65 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0053 0054 0041 0046 0046      0044 0041 0059

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

384353543540402383559

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INDEX

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


  

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