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HIGH RIGGER

Specialty Definition: HIGH RIGGER

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Food & Agriculture

A man who tops trees and rigs them with guy lines and block and tackle, in preparation for cable logging. Source: European Union. (references)

Occupations

Installs rigging to raise, lower, or support equipment, such as scenery, lighting equipment, ladders, and nets for theatrical performances on stage or television studio: Climbs ladders, poles, or scaffolding to determine position for rigging and connects, hangs, or attaches cables, ropes, and blocks (pulley) across loft area of stage. Tests rigging to ensure that it is workable. Erects high ladders for acrobatic performances by connecting successive short lengths of ladder to top of erected portion, using clamps, wrenches, and hammers. Installs motors used to move curtains and track on which scenery and curtains move, using handtools and power tools. (references)

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

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Crosswords: HIGH RIGGER

Specialty definitions using "HIGH RIGGER": climbing rope. (references)

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Modern Translation: HIGH RIGGER

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

Danish

  

tovbanetransportarbejder (climber, high climber, rigger, rig-up man). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

klimarbeider bij kabeluitsleep door de lucht (climber, high climber, rigger, rig-up man). (various references)

   

French

  

ouvrier grimpeur (high climber). (various references)

   

German

  

Drahtseilarbeiter (climber, high climber, rigger, rig-up man). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εργάτης αναρριχητής (rigger, rig-up man). (various references)

   

Italian

  

operaio arrampicatore (climber, high climber, rigger, rig-up man). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ighhay iggerray

   

Portuguese

  

ãtrepadorã (climber, high climber, rigger, rig-up man). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

trepador (climber, nuthatch, rambling, social climber). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HIGH RIGGER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-g-g-h-h-i-i-r-r"

-4 letters: grigri, higher, rigger.

-5 letters: gighe, heigh, hirer, rerig.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HIGH RIGGER


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

48 49 47 48      52 49 47 47 45 52

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

    

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

01001000 01001001 01000111 01001000 00100000 01010010 01001001 01000111 01000111 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#73 &#71 &#72 &#32 &#82 &#73 &#71 &#71 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0049 0047 0048      0052 0049 0047 0047 0045 0052

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

424341422524341413952

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INDEX

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


  

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