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KNAVE IN GRAIN

Specialty Definition: KNAVE IN GRAIN

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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.

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Anagrams: KNAVE IN GRAIN

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.

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Alternative Orthography: KNAVE IN GRAIN


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

4B 4E 41 56 45      49 4E      47 52 41 49 4E

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

        

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)

&#75 &#78 &#65 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#73 &#78 &#32 &#71 &#82 &#65 &#73 &#78

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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