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TO LICK THE DUST

Definition: TO LICK THE DUST

TO LICK THE DUST

1. To be slain; to fall in battle. ``His enemies shall lick the dust.'' --Ps. lxxii. 9.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Translation: TO LICK THE DUST

Language		Translations for "TO LICK THE DUST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		megalázza magát (abase oneself, to kiss the dust, to kiss the ground, to stoop), fűbe harap (to bite the dust, to bite the ground, to kiss the dust). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay icklay ethay ustday
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO LICK THE DUST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-h-i-k-l-o-s-t-t-t-u"
	-3 letters: outslicked.
	-4 letters: cloudiest, couthiest, dishclout, outchides, touchiest.
	-5 letters: cheloids, chokiest, couldest, couthest, cuittled, cuittles, culottes, diestock, dottiest, duckiest, duettist, dustlike, hideouts, hulkiest, kittlest, leukotic, luckiest, outchide, outslick, scuttled, selcouth, shelduck, shuttled, slouched, solitude, stickled, stickout, stiletto, stitched, suchlike, thickest, thickets, thickset, toluides.
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Alternative Orthography: TO LICK THE DUST

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

54 4F 4C 49 43 4B 54 48 45 44 55 53 54

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

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

01010100 01001111 00100000 01001100 01001001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000100 01010101 01010011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#76 &#73 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#68 &#85 &#83 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 004C 0049 0043 004B 0054 0048 0045 0044 0055 0053 0054

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

54492464337452544239238555354

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography

5. Bibliography

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