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Fence Rail

Definition: Fence Rail

Fence Rail

Noun

1. A rail that is split from a log.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Fence Rail

Synonym: split rail (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Fence Rail

English words defined with "fence rail": ledger boardsnake fence, snake-rail fenceVirginia fenceworm fence. (references)

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Use in Literature: Fence Rail

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

That night Al stole a fence rail and made a ridge pole on the truck, braced at both ends.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fence Rail

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fence rail split wood

8

fence rail spilt

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Fence Rail

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

ames. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Fence Rail

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-i-l-n-r"

-1 letter: flanerie, reliance.

-2 letters: aliener, carline, cleaner, faience, fancier, fiancee, filaree, leafier, reclean, recline.

-3 letters: aliner, careen, carlin, carnie, ceiler, cereal, crenel, eclair, enface, enlace, facile, faerie, fainer, farcie, fecial, feline, fencer, feriae, ferial, ferine, ferlie, fiacre, fiance, fierce, finale, infare, inlace, lacier, lancer, larine, leaner, liefer, lierne, linear, nailer, recane, reface, refile, refine.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-f-i-l-n-r"
 

+2 letters: freelancing.

 

+3 letters: conferential, frenetically, reflectional.

 

+4 letters: reinforceable.

 

+5 letters: antireflection, antireflective, enforceability, interfaculties, reconfigurable, ultraefficient.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Fence Rail


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

46 65 6E 63 65      52 61 69 6C

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

    

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

01000110 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 00100000 01010010 01100001 01101001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#101 &#32 &#82 &#97 &#105 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0065 006E 0063 0065      0052 0061 0069 006C

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

4071806971252677578

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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