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SKEW BACK

Definition: SKEW BACK

SKEW BACK

1. (Civil Engin.) (a) The course of masonry, the stone, or the iron plate, having an inclined face, which forms the abutment for the voussoirs of a segmental arch. (b) A plate, cap, or shoe, having an inclined face to receive the nut of a diagonal brace, rod, or the end of an inclined strut, in a truss or frame.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: SKEW BACK

English words defined with "SKEW BACK": Springer. (references)

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Anagrams: SKEW BACK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: skewback.

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-k-k-s-w"

-2 letters: wackes.

-3 letters: askew, backs, bakes, beaks, becks, cakes, kecks, wacke, wacks, wakes, wekas.

-4 letters: aces, awes, back, bake, base, bask, beak, beck, cabs, cake, case, cask, caws, kabs, kaes, keas, keck, sabe, sack, sake, scab, skew, swab, wabs, wack, waes, wake, weak, webs, weka.

-5 letters: abs, ace, ask, awe, bas, cab, caw, kab, kae.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-k-k-s-w"
 

+1 letter: skewbacks.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SKEW BACK


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

53 4B 45 57      42 41 43 4B

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

    

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

01010011 01001011 01000101 01010111 00100000 01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#75 &#69 &#87 &#32 &#66 &#65 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 004B 0045 0057      0042 0041 0043 004B

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

53453957236353745

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INDEX

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


  

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