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FERRAGUS

Date "FERRAGUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1863. (references)

Specialty Definition: FERRAGUS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Ferragus The giant of Portugal, who took Bellisant under his care after she had been divorced by Alexander, Emperor of Constantinople. (Valentine and Orson..) The great "Brazen Head," that told those who consulted it whatever they required to know, was kept in the castle of this giant. (Valentine and Orson. (See Ferrau.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Crosswords: FERRAGUS

Specialty definitions using "FERRAGUS": Brazen Head ♦ Clerimond ♦ Ferrau ♦ Pacolet. (references)

Modern Usage: FERRAGUS

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Ferragus (1923)
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Commercial Usage: FERRAGUS

Domain	Title
Books	L'\Histoire des Treize Avec: Ferragus / La Duchesse de Langeais / La Fille aux Yeux d'Or (reference) (more book examples)
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Anagrams: FERRAGUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-r-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: arguers.
	-2 letters: arguer, argues, augers, farers, feuars, rasure, sauger, surfer, surger, urares, urgers.
	-3 letters: agers, agues, argue, argus, auger, aures, farer, fares, fears, feuar, frags, frugs, gaurs, gears, grues, guars, rages, rares, raser, rears, ruers, rugae, safer, sager, sarge, sugar, surer, surge, surra, urare, urase, ureas, urger, urges, ursae, usage.
	-4 letters: ager, ages, ague.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-r-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: argufiers.
	+2 letters: fireguards.
	+3 letters: fourrageres, grapefruits, resurfacing, transfigure.
	+4 letters: disregardful, transfigured, transfigures.
	+5 letters: argentiferous, garnetiferous, regardfulness, thoroughfares.
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Alternative Orthography: FERRAGUS

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

46 45 52 52 41 47 55 53

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-. . .-. .-. .- --. ..- ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01000110 01000101 01010010 01010010 01000001 01000111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#69 &#82 &#82 &#65 &#71 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0045 0052 0052 0041 0047 0055 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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

4039525235415553

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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