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TO BRACE SHARP

Definition: TO BRACE SHARP

TO BRACE SHARP

1. To turn the yards to the most oblique position possible, that the ship may lie well up to the wind. Syn: Keen; acute; piercing; penetrating; quick; sagacious; discerning; shrewd; witty; ingenious; sour; acid; tart; pungent; acrid; severe; poignant; biting; acrimonious; sarcastic; cutting; bitter; painful; afflictive; violent; harsh; fierce; ardent; fiery.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Anagrams: TO BRACE SHARP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-h-o-p-r-r-s-t"

-3 letters: ascorbate, broachers, orchestra, parachors, separator, sharecrop.

-4 letters: aborters, abreacts, acrobats, aerators, arboreta, batchers, bearcats, botchers, braceros, brachets, broacher, broaches, brothers, cabarets, cabestro, cabresta, cabresto, carboras, carports, catarrhs, chapters, charters, creators, horsecar, parachor, parashot, patchers, peacoats, phorates, poachers, postrace, potherbs, praetors, precrash, probates, prorates, reactors, recharts, reproach, taborers, thoraces, tracheas, trochars.

-5 letters: abaters, abators.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TO BRACE SHARP


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

54 4F      42 52 41 43 45      53 48 41 52 50

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

        

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

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01010010 01000001 01000011 01000101 00100000 01010011 01001000 01000001 01010010 01010000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#66 &#82 &#65 &#67 &#69 &#32 &#83 &#72 &#65 &#82 &#80

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0042 0052 0041 0043 0045      0053 0048 0041 0052 0050

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

54492365235373925342355250

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2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
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