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HEEL, HEELS

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Heel, Heels (Anglo-Saxon hel.)
Achilles' heel. (See under Achilles.)
I showed him a fair pair of heels. I ran away and outran them.
"Two of them saw me when I went out of doors, and chased me, but I showed them a fair pair of heels." - Sir W. Scott: Peveril of the Peak, chap. xxiv.
Out at heels. In a sad plight, in decayed circumstances, like a beggar whose stockings are worn out at the heels.
"A good man's fortune may grow out at heels." Shakespeare: King Lear, ii. 2.
To show a light pair of heels. To abscond.
To take to one's heels. To run off. "In pedes nos conjicere. " Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Anagrams: HEEL, HEELS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ",-e-e-e-e-h-h-l-l-s"

-5 letters: heels, hells, selle, shell.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HEEL, HEELS


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

48 45 45 4C 2C      48 45 45 4C 53

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

    

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

01001000 01000101 01000101 01001100 00101100 00100000 01001000 01000101 01000101 01001100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#69 &#69 &#76 &#44 &#32 &#72 &#69 &#69 &#76 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0045 0045 004C 002C      0048 0045 0045 004C 0053

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

423939461424239394653

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