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Definition: TO HAVE THE BLACK OX TREAD ON ONE'S FOOT |
TO HAVE THE BLACK OX TREAD ON ONE'S FOOT1. To be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto). --Leigh Hunt. |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F      48 41 56 45      54 48 45      42 4C 41 43 4B      4F 58      54 52 45 41 44      4F 4E      4F 4E 45 27 53      46 4F 4F 54 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01001000 01000001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000010 01001100 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01001111 01011000 00100000 01010100 01010010 01000101 01000001 01000100 00100000 01001111 01001110 00100000 01001111 01001110 01000101 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000110 01001111 01001111 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   H A V E   T H E   B L A C K   O X   T R E A D   O N   O N E ' S   F O O T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F      0048 0041 0056 0045      0054 0048 0045      0042 004C 0041 0043 004B      004F 0058      0054 0052 0045 0041 0044      004F 004E      004F 004E 0045 0027 0053      0046 004F 004F 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54492423556392544239236463537452495825452393538249482494839953240494954 |
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