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GAFFLE

Definitions: GAFFLE

GAFFLE

Noun

1. A lever to bend crossbows.

2. An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Gaffle \Gaf"fle\, noun. [Compare to Anglo-Saxon geafl fork, Low German, D., Swedish, Danish gaffel, German gabel, Welsh gafl, Irish Gaelic gabhal. Compare to Gaff.]. (Websters 1913)

Modern Translations: GAFFLE

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

Pig Latin

  

afflegay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "GAFFLE"

Words rhyming with "GAFFLE" (pronounced 'Gaf"fle'): Bemuffle, Caufle, Coffle, Enmuffle, Faffle, Haffle, Kaffle, Maffle, Nifle, Pantofle, Scraffle, Shaffle, sniffle, truffle, Uncoffle, Unmuffle, Unruffle. (additional references)

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Anagrams: GAFFLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-f-g-l"

-1 letter: gaffe.

-2 letters: alef, egal, feal, flag, flea, gaff, gale, leaf.

-3 letters: aff, age, ale, eff, elf, fag, gae, gal, gel, lag, lea, leg.

-4 letters: ae, ag, al, ef, el, fa, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-f-g-l"
 

+2 letters: effigial.

 

+3 letters: bafflegab.

 

+4 letters: bafflegabs.

 

+5 letters: affectingly, cliffhanger, facelifting.

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

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Alternative Orthography: GAFFLE


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

47 41 46 46 4C 45

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)

01000111 01000001 01000110 01000110 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#65 &#70 &#70 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0041 0046 0046 004C 0045

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

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

413540404639

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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