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BEAM HEAD

Specialty Definition: BEAM HEAD

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A strong heart-shaped iron frame fitted at each end of a trawl beam. The after side is straight and slopes upward of each head to stake the ropes or wires by which the trawl is towed. The sides of the net are seized or lashed at a point close to the ground. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Modern Translation: BEAM HEAD

Language Translations for "BEAM HEAD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

slæde (saddle, sledge, sleigh, slide, trawlhead). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

slof (basket, box, mule). (various references)

   

French

  

étrier. (various references)

   

German

  

Bügel (arc, bail, bow, clamp, clip, coat hanger, ear piece, frame, handle, hanger, stirrup, trigger guard, yoke), Kufe (rocker, runner, skate, ski, skid, tub, vat), Klaue (claw, clutch, hoof, pounce, talon, tentacle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

έλκηθρο (bobsleigh, sled, sledge, sleigh). (various references)

   

Italian

  

slitta (chassis, sled, sledge, sleigh). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eambay eadhay

   

Portuguese

  

patim (ice skate, skate). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

patín (bootee, runner, shoe, skate, skateboard, skid). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

släde (sledge, sleigh, slide). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BEAM HEAD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-e-h-m"

-2 letters: amebae, beamed, behead.

-3 letters: aahed, abeam, adeem, ahead, ameba, baaed, edema, embed.

-4 letters: abed, ahem, amah, bade, bead, beam, bema, dame, deem, deme, hade, haed, haem, hame, head, hebe, heed, heme, mabe, made, mead, meed.

-5 letters: aah, aba, aha, ama, baa, bad, bah, bam, bed, bee, dab, dah, dam, deb, dee, edh, eme, had.

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

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Alternative Orthography: BEAM HEAD


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

42 45 41 4D      48 45 41 44

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

    

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

01000010 01000101 01000001 01001101 00100000 01001000 01000101 01000001 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#69 &#65 &#77 &#32 &#72 &#69 &#65 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0045 0041 004D      0048 0045 0041 0044

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

36393547242393538

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INDEX

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


  

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