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TO BURN DAYLIGHT

Definition: TO BURN DAYLIGHT

TO BURN DAYLIGHT

1. To light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform superfluous actions. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Anagrams: TO BURN DAYLIGHT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-g-h-i-l-n-o-r-t-t-u-y"

-4 letters: butylating, butylation, doubtingly, obturating, outrightly, outtrading.

-5 letters: adoringly, authoring, authority, brattling, brutality, doughtily, hydrating, hydration, labouring, labyrinth, naughtily, obtruding, outdaring, outdating, outlaying, outrating, rotundity, tabouring, throatily, throating, thyroidal, triathlon, troubling, ultrathin.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TO BURN DAYLIGHT


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

54 4F      42 55 52 4E      44 41 59 4C 49 47 48 54

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

        

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

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01010101 01010010 01001110 00100000 01000100 01000001 01011001 01001100 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#66 &#85 &#82 &#78 &#32 &#68 &#65 &#89 &#76 &#73 &#71 &#72 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0042 0055 0052 004E      0044 0041 0059 004C 0049 0047 0048 0054

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

544923655524823835594643414254

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INDEX

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


  

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