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TO RIDE A PORTOISE

Definition: TO RIDE A PORTOISE

TO RIDE A PORTOISE

1. To ride an anchor with the lower yards and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Anagrams: TO RIDE A PORTOISE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-o-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-t"

-3 letters: radioisotope.

-4 letters: arteritides, peridotites.

-5 letters: pediatrist, peridotite, podiatries, podiatrist, prostrated, tapestried, tertiaries, tetraspore, traditores.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TO RIDE A PORTOISE


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

54 4F      52 49 44 45      41      50 4F 52 54 4F 49 53 45

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

            

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

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010010 01001001 01000100 01000101 00100000 01000001 00100000 01010000 01001111 01010010 01010100 01001111 01001001 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#82 &#73 &#68 &#69 &#32 &#65 &#32 &#80 &#79 &#82 &#84 &#79 &#73 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0052 0049 0044 0045      0041      0050 004F 0052 0054 004F 0049 0053 0045

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

544925243383923525049525449435339

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INDEX

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


  

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