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Definitions: LAYSTALL |
LAYSTALLNoun1. A place where milch cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged. 2. A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited. |
Date "LAYSTALL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Slang in 1811 | LAYSTALL. A dunghill about London, on which the soil brought from necessary houses is emptied; or, in more technical terms, where the old gold collected at weddings by the Tom t--d man, is stored. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uncleanness | Dunghill, colluvies, mixen, midden, bog, laystall, sink, privy, jakes; toilet, john, head; cess, cesspool; sump, sough, cloaca, latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer; Cloacina; dust hole. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "LAYSTALL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vendi ku hidhen plehrat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бунище (dump, dunghill, kitchen midden, midden, scrap heap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szemétlerakodó hely. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aystalllay descanso (bracket, break, crutch, halt, landing, leisure, lounge, pillow, pillow block, placement, quiescence, quiescency, recumbence, recumbency, refreshment, relaxation, repose, requiem, respite, rest, resting, saddle, sleep, stand, time out, touch down, truce). (various references) свалка (dumping ground, dumpster, dust-hole, junk yard, melee, rough and tumble, scramble, scrap heap, scrapheap, scrapyard). (various references) đubrište (dump, midden), đubre (dung, fertilizer, garbage, junk, muck, offscourings, ordure, rubbish, sweepings, trash). (various references) avstjälpningsplats (dump, dumping ground). (various references) đống rác ùn lại. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-l-l-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: allays, allyls, lastly. | |
-3 letters: allay, allyl, asyla, atlas, lalls, salal, sally, salty, satay, slaty, stall, talas, tally. | |
-4 letters: aals, alas, alls, ally, alts, lall, last, lats, lays, sall, salt, slat, slay, stay, tala, tall. | |
-5 letters: aal, aas, ala, all, als, alt, ays, las, lat, lay, sal, sat, say, sly, sty, tas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-l-l-s-t-y" | |
+3 letters: elastically, plastically. | |
+5 letters: ballistically, cladistically, crystalloidal, dualistically, ipsilaterally, nostalgically, realistically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 41 59 53 54 41 4C 4C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -.--. ... - .- .-.. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000001 01011001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001100 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L A Y S T A L L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0041 0059 0053 0054 0041 004C 004C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4635595354354646 |
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