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Date "HORN-BOOK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1798. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Horn-book The alphabet-book, which was a thin board of oak about nine inches long and five or six wide, on which was printed the alphabet, the nine digits, and sometimes the Lord's Prayer. It had a handle, and was covered in front with a sheet of thin horn to prevent its being soiled; the backboard was ornamented with a rude sketch of St. George and the Dragon. The board and its horn cover were held together by a narrow frame or border of brass. (See Crisscross Row.) "Thee will I sing, in comely wainscoat bound, And golden verge inclosing thee around; The faithful horn before, from age to age Preserving thy invulnerable page; Behind, thy patron saint in armour shines, With sword and lance to guard the sacred lines ... Th' instructive handle's at the bottom fixed, Lest wrangling critics should pervert the text." Tickell: The Horn Book. "Their books of stature small they took in hand Which with pellucid horn securë are, To save from finger wet the letters fair." Shenstone: Schoolmistress. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: HORN-BOOK |
| Specialty definitions using "HORN-BOOK": Chriss-cross Row, Criss-cross Row. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "HORN-BOOK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | elemi kézikönyv. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | orn-bookhay abecedar (abc, primer, reader, speller, spelling book). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hornbook. | |
| Words within the letters "b-h-k-n-o-o-o-r" | |
-3 letters: boron, brook, honor, kroon. | |
-4 letters: bonk, book, boon, boor, born, broo, hobo, honk, hook, horn, knob, kobo, nook, rook. | |
-5 letters: boo, bro, hob, hon, kob, kor, nob, noh, noo, nor, oho, ooh, orb, rho, rob. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-h-k-n-o-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: hornbooks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 4F 52 4E 2D 42 4F 4F 4B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01001111 01010010 01001110 00101101 01000010 01001111 01001111 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H O R N - B O O K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 004F 0052 004E 002D 0042 004F 004F 004B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)424952481536494945 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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