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IN FORK

Definition: IN FORK

IN FORK

1. (Mining) A mine is said to be in fork, or an engine to ``have the water in fork,'' when all the water is drawn out of the mine. --Ure.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: IN FORK

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Mining

A. Eng. When pumps are working after the water has receded below some of the holes of the windbore, they are said to be in fork.b. Of mine pumps, sucking air and water. (references)

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

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Crosswords: IN FORK

English words defined with "IN FORK": bifurcate, biramous, branchedcarving forkforkedpronged, prongyRoller tableWeeding fork. (references)
Specialty definitions using "IN FORK": ACCORDION TUNER, ASSEMBLER, BICYCLE IBANKING PIN ADJUSTER, BUTCHER, CHICKEN AND FISHchicken-and-fish cleaner, child process, CHIP TUNER, CHOPPING-MACHINE OPERATOR, COKE DRAWER, HAND, counterbalanced truck, crusher operatorDebris avalanche, development mechanicenamel drier, escapement matcher, EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICFARMWORKER, VEGETABLE II, FLATWARE MAKER, fork, fork-filledgarden worker, glass technologist, GLASS-WORKER, PRESSED OR BLOWNlaborer, vegetable farm, LIVESTOCK-YARD ATTENDANTMacintosh file system, ML Threads, MOTORCYCLE ASSEMBLER, motorcycle mechanic, MOTORCYCLE REPAIRERPALLET-STONE POSITIONER, PIPE-ORGAN TUNER AND REPAIRER, POT LINER, poultry-and-fish butcher, Proliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenQUARRY WORKERroller operatorsplit shovel, SPUR CHUCK, STEM-ROLLER-OR-CRUSHER OPERATORtetryl-wringer operator, TIN STACKER, tonal regulator, TWISTING-MACHINE OPERATORUNLEAVENED-DOUGH MIXERvegetable workerWRINGER OPERATOR. (references)

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Modern Translations: IN FORK

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

Hungarian

  

minden víz ki van szivattyúzva (have the water in fork). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay orkfay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: IN FORK

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Oceanodroma leucorrhoa. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: IN FORK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-i-k-n-o-r"

-2 letters: fink, fino, firn, foin, fork, ikon, info, inro, iron, kino, kirn, noir, nori, oink, rink.

-3 letters: fin, fir, fon, for, fro, ink, ion, irk, kif, kin, kir, koi, kor, nor, rif, rin.

-4 letters: if, in, no, of, on, or.

 Words containing the letters "f-i-k-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: forking.

 

+2 letters: foreskin, frocking.

 

+3 letters: foreskins, forsaking.

 

+4 letters: defrocking, folksinger, frolicking, unfrocking.

 

+5 letters: disfrocking, folksingers, foreknowing, forelocking, forklifting.

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

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Alternative Orthography: IN FORK


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

49 4E      46 4F 52 4B

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

    

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

01001001 01001110 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#32 &#70 &#79 &#82 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E      0046 004F 0052 004B

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

4348240495245

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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