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HAG-KNOTS

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


Specialty Definition: HAG-KNOTS

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Literature

Hag-knots Tangles in the manes of wild ponies, supposed to be used by witches for stirrups. The term is common in the New Forest. Seamen use the word hag's-teeth to express those parts of a matting, etc., which spoil its general uniformity. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Crosswords: HAG-KNOTS

Specialty definitions using "HAG-KNOTS": Hag-knots. (references)

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Anagrams: HAG-KNOTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-h-k-n-o-s-t"

-2 letters: hogans, tangos, thanks, thongs, tongas.

-3 letters: agons, angst, ankhs, ghast, ghats, ghost, gnash, gnats, goats, hangs, hanks, hants, hogan, hongs, honks, hosta, kaons, khans, khats, knots, koans, oaths, sangh, santo, shako, shank, shoat, snath, stang, stank, tango, tangs, tanks, thank, thong, togas, tonga, tongs.

-4 letters: agon, ankh, ants, gash, gast, gats, ghat, gnat.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-h-k-n-o-s-t"
 

+5 letters: laughingstock.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HAG-KNOTS


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

48 41 47 2D 4B 4E 4F 54 53

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

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

01001000 01000001 01000111 00101101 01001011 01001110 01001111 01010100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#65 &#71 &#45 &#75 &#78 &#79 &#84 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0041 0047 002D 004B 004E 004F 0054 0053

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

423541154548495453

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INDEX

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


  

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