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SHOE OF AN ANCHOR

Definition: SHOE OF AN ANCHOR

SHOE OF AN ANCHOR

1. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: SHOE OF AN ANCHOR

Specialty definitions using "SHOE OF AN ANCHOR": Shoe the Anchor. (references)

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Anagrams: SHOE OF AN ANCHOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-h-h-n-n-o-o-o-r-s"

-5 letters: chanfrons, forenoons.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SHOE OF AN ANCHOR


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

53 48 4F 45      4F 46      41 4E      41 4E 43 48 4F 52

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

            

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

01010011 01001000 01001111 01000101 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000001 01001110 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000011 01001000 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#72 &#79 &#69 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#67 &#72 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0048 004F 0045      004F 0046      0041 004E      0041 004E 0043 0048 004F 0052

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

5342493924940235482354837424952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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