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Definition: Jacob's Ladder |
Jacob's LadderNoun1. Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers. 2. (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Food & Agriculture | Rope ladder in which each rung is made of a flat piece of wood pierced by four holes, two at each end, through which the four side ropes are rove. Strong cross seizings are put on just below the rung on each side bending the two side ropes together. Recently, such ladders have been made of chain, with steel rungs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Jacob's Ladder A ladder seen by the patriarch Jacob in a vision. It was set on the earth, and reached to heaven, and angels seemed to be ascending and descending on it (Gen. xxviii. 12). Jacob is, on this account, a cant name for a ladder. There is a pretty blue flower so called. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Shipping | A rope ladder suspended from the side of a vessel and used for boarding. (references) |
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Synonyms: Jacob's LadderSynonyms: charity (n), jack ladder (n), pilot ladder (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Climbing Jacob's Ladder (1899) Jacob's Ladder (1990) | |
Song Titles | Jacob's Ladder (performing artist: Huey Lewis & The News) | |
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 | Jacob's ladder, Mt. Washington Ry., White Mts., New Hampshire. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mt. Jefferson and Jacob's ladder from Mt. Monroe, White Mountains. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expression using "Jacob's ladder": northern Jacob's ladder. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "Jacob's ladder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tovvaerkslejder (jack ladder), lodslejder (jack ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | jakobsladder (jack ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), loodsladder (jack ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | luotsitikkaat (jack ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | échelle de tangon (jack ladder), échelle de pilote (jack ladder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Jakobsleiter (jack ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), Sturmleiter (scaling ladder), Seefallreep (jack ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, rope ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), Lotsentreppe (jack ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), Lotsenleiter (jack ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλίμακα πλοηγού (jack ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), σχοινόσκαλα πλοηγού (jack ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jákob létrája, láncos vedermű (chain of buckets), kötélhágcsó (horse, ladder, pilot ladder, rope ladder, sea ladder), hadvirág, csatavirág, csatafű. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scala di pilota (jack ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), scala di asta di posta (jack ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), scala a tarozzi (jack ladder, pilot ladder, rope ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), biscaglina (jack ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, rope ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aarey Yacob. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acob'sjay adderlay escada de piloto (jack ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references) escala del práctico (jack ladder, pilot ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder), escala de gato (jack ladder, pilot ladder, pilot's ladder, sea ladder, storm ladder). (various references) jakobsstege, repstege (rope ladder), lejdare (companion, companion way, companionway, ladder), himlastege. (various references) yunan kediotu, ip merdiven (rope ladder), şeytan çarmığı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-a-b-c-d-d-e-j-l-o-r-s" | |
-3 letters: broadscale. | |
-4 letters: albacores. | |
-5 letters: acerolas, adorable, adsorbed, albacore, berascal, bladders, brocaded, brocades, cajolers, calderas, carloads, caseload, cladodes, coddlers, deodaras, roadbeds, seaboard. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 63 6F 62 27 73 4C 61 64 64 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01100011 01101111 01100010 00100111 01110011 00100000 01001100 01100001 01100100 01100100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a c o b ' s   L a d d e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 0063 006F 0062 0027 0073 004C 0061 0064 0064 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)44676981689852466770707184 |
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