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Definition: IN FORK |
IN FORK1. (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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
| 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 | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Oceanodroma leucorrhoa. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E      46 4F 52 4B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N   F O R K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E      0046 004F 0052 004B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4348240495245 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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