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| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | KNAVE IN GRAIN. A knave of the first rate: a phrase borrowed from the dyehouse, where certain colours are said to be in grain, to denote their superiority, as being dyed with cochineal, called grain. Knave in grain is likewise a pun applied to a cornfacto. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-i-k-n-n-n-r-v" | |
-3 letters: innerving. | |
-4 letters: anearing, arginine, ravening, ravining, reinking. | |
-5 letters: aginner, anergia, earning, engrain, ginnier, grannie, ingrain, kenning, kerning, kirning, narking, nearing, nerving, nirvana, raining, ranking, reaving, reining, reiving, rinning, vaginae, vanning, veining, vinegar. | |
| 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)4B 4E 41 56 45      49 4E      47 52 41 49 4E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01001110 01000001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01001001 01001110 00100000 01000111 01010010 01000001 01001001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K N A V E   I N   G R A I N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 004E 0041 0056 0045      0049 004E      0047 0052 0041 0049 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)45483556392434824152354348 |
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