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FATHER THAMES

Specialty Definition: FATHER THAMES

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Father Thames or Old Father Thames. The Thames, so far as it belongs to London.
"Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen
Full many a sprightly race
Disporting on thy margent green,
The paths of pleasure trace."
Gray: Distant Prospect of Eton College.
The epithet is not uncommonly applied to other great rivers, especially those on which cities are built. The river is the father of the city, or the reason why the site was selected by the first settlers there.
"O Tiber, Father Tiber,
To whom the Romans pray."
Macaulay: Lay of Horatius. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Crosswords: FATHER THAMES

Specialty definitions using "FATHER THAMES": Father of Waters. (references)

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Modern Translation: FATHER THAMES

Language Translations for "FATHER THAMES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Russian 

  

матушка Темза. (various references)

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Anagrams: FATHER THAMES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-f-h-h-m-r-s-t-t"

-2 letters: aftermaths.

-3 letters: aftermath.

-4 letters: amreetas, earthset, farthest, feathers, fermatas, heathers, hetaeras, ratafees, seatmate, sheather, stearate, teamster, theaters, theatres.

-5 letters: aerates, aethers, afreets, amreeta, estreat, fathers, feaster, featest, feather, fermata, fermate, fetters, freshet, hafters, hamates, hamster, hareems, hastate, hatters, hearths, heaters, heather, hefters, hetaera, matters, metates, ratafee, reheats, remates, restate, retaste, reteams, shatter, sheathe, smatter.

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Alternative Orthography: FATHER THAMES


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

46 41 54 48 45 52      54 48 41 4D 45 53

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

    

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

01000110 01000001 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000001 01001101 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#65 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#65 &#77 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0041 0054 0048 0045 0052      0054 0048 0041 004D 0045 0053

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

4035544239522544235473953

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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