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TO SPEAK BY THE CARD

Definition: TO SPEAK BY THE CARD

TO SPEAK BY THE CARD

1. To speak from information and definitely, not by guess as in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TO SPEAK BY THE CARD

Language Translations for "TO SPEAK BY THE CARD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

olvasná (to speak by the book), mintha könyvből (to speak by the book), határozottan beszél, úgy beszél (to speak by the book). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay eakspay ybay ethay ardcay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO SPEAK BY THE CARD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-5 letters: catastrophe, hepatocytes, packthreads, patchboards, spatterdock.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TO SPEAK BY THE CARD


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

54 4F      53 50 45 41 4B      42 59      54 48 45      43 41 52 44

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

                

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

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000001 01001011 00100000 01000010 01011001 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000011 01000001 01010010 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#80 &#69 &#65 &#75 &#32 &#66 &#89 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#67 &#65 &#82 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0053 0050 0045 0041 004B      0042 0059      0054 0048 0045      0043 0041 0052 0044

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

544925350393545236592544239237355238

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INDEX

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


  

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