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NAPPY ALE

Specialty Definition: NAPPY ALE

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Literature

Nappy Ale Strong ale is so called because it makes one nappy, or because it contains a nap or frothy head. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

NAPPY ALE. Strong ale. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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

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Photo Album: NAPPY ALE

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A pitcher fill'd with nappy ale / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Anagrams: NAPPY ALE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-n-p-p-y"

-1 letter: playpen.

-2 letters: apneal, appeal.

-3 letters: alane, apnea, appal, appel, apple, apply, nappe, nappy, nyala, paean, palea, panel, papal, penal, pepla, plane, playa, plena.

-4 letters: alae, alan, anal, elan, lane, lean, leap, nape, neap, pale, palp, paly, pane, papa, peal, pean, plan, play, plea, yean, yelp.

-5 letters: aal, ala, ale, alp, ana, ane, any, ape, aye.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-n-p-p-y"
 

+2 letters: apparently.

 

+3 letters: appealingly.

 

+4 letters: inapparently, unappeasably.

 

+5 letters: inappreciably, unappealingly.

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

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Alternative Orthography: NAPPY ALE


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

4E 41 50 50 59      41 4C 45

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

    

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

01001110 01000001 01010000 01010000 01011001 00100000 01000001 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#65 &#80 &#80 &#89 &#32 &#65 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0041 0050 0050 0059      0041 004C 0045

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

48355050592354639

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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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