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Definitions: JEW'S-HARP |
JEW'S-HARPNoun1. The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor. 2. An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump. |
Etymology: Jew's-harp \Jew's-harp`\, noun. [Jew harp; or possibly corrupt. of jaw's harp; compare to German maultrommel, literally, mouthdrum.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a Jew's-harp, foretells you will experience a slight improvement in your affairs. To play one, is a sign that you will fall in love with a stranger. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Jew's-harp called by Bacon jeutrompe, by Beaumont and Fletcher, jew-trump, by Hakluyt, jew's-harp. The best players on this instrument have been Koch, a Prussian soldier under Frederick the Great; Kunert, Amstein, and some others. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: JEW'S-HARP |
| Specialty definitions using "JEW'S-HARP": Jew's-harp. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "JEW'S-HARP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 犹太人竖琴. (various references) | ||||
Korean | 태인 jew'. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ew's-harpjay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-e-h-j-p-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: prewash. | |
-3 letters: hawser, japers, jasper, pawers, phrase, raphes, rewash, seraph, shaper, sherpa, washer. | |
-4 letters: apers, apres, asper, ephas, hajes, hares, harps, hawse, heaps, hears, japer, japes, pares, parse, pawer, pears, phase, prase, presa, pshaw, rajes, rapes, raphe, reaps, resaw, rheas, sawer, sewar, shape, share, sharp, shear, shrew, spare, spear, sware, swear, wares, warps. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 45 57 27 53 2D 48 41 52 50 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01000101 01010111 00100111 01010011 00101101 01001000 01000001 01010010 01010000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J E W ' S - H A R P |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0045 0057 0027 0053 002D 0048 0041 0052 0050 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4439579531542355250 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , 중국 |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , 한국 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , 영국 |
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