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TO TURN TURTLE

Definition: TO TURN TURTLE

TO TURN TURTLE

1. To capsize bottom upward; -- said of a vessel. [Naut. slang] -- To turn under (Agric.), to put, as soil, manure, etc., underneath from the surface by plowing, digging, or the like.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TO TURN TURTLE

Language Translations for "TO TURN TURTLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

felborul (capsize, fall over, keel over, tilt, to capsize, to careen, to fall over, to tip, to tip over, to topple, to topple over), bukfencezik (to somersault, to somerset). (various references)

   

Manx

  

dy gholl bun ry skyn. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay urntay urtletay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO TURN TURTLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-l-n-o-r-r-t-t-t-t-u-u"

-5 letters: nurture, outturn, torrent, torture, trotter, turnout, turtler, untruer.

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

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Alternative Orthography: TO TURN TURTLE


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

54 4F      54 55 52 4E      54 55 52 54 4C 45

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

        

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

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010100 01010101 01010010 01001110 00100000 01010100 01010101 01010010 01010100 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#84 &#85 &#82 &#78 &#32 &#84 &#85 &#82 &#84 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0054 0055 0052 004E      0054 0055 0052 0054 004C 0045

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

54492545552482545552544639

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INDEX

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


  

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