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MISTLETOE BOUGH

Specialty Definition: MISTLETOE BOUGH

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Literature

Mistletoe Bough The tale referred to in this song, about Lord Lovel's daughter, is related by Rogers in his Italy, where the lady is called "Ginevra." A similar narrative is given by Collet in his Relics of Literature, and another is among the Causes Célèbres.
Marwell Old Hall, once the residence of the Seymour, and afterwards of the Dacre family, has a similar tradition attached to it, and (according to the Post Office Directory) "the very chest became the property of the Rev. J. Haygarth, a rector of Upham." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: MISTLETOE BOUGH

Specialty definitions using "MISTLETOE BOUGH": Husband's BoatLord Lovel. (references)

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Modern Usage: MISTLETOE BOUGH

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Movie/TV Titles

The Mistletoe Bough (1926)

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Anagrams: MISTLETOE BOUGH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-g-h-i-l-m-o-o-s-t-t-u"

-4 letters: blithesome, ethologies, ethologist, oubliettes, silhouette, theologies, theologise, theologues.

-5 letters: bigmouths, bloomiest, boehmites, gloomiest, goethites, gumbotils, homebuilt, homeliest, lightsome, lithesome, mistletoe, mouthiest, oubliette, theologue.

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Alternative Orthography: MISTLETOE BOUGH


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

4D 49 53 54 4C 45 54 4F 45      42 4F 55 47 48

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

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001001 01010011 01010100 01001100 01000101 01010100 01001111 01000101 00100000 01000010 01001111 01010101 01000111 01001000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#76 &#69 &#84 &#79 &#69 &#32 &#66 &#79 &#85 &#71 &#72

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0049 0053 0054 004C 0045 0054 004F 0045      0042 004F 0055 0047 0048

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47435354463954493923649554142

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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