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Literature | Attics, Attic Storey Attics are the rooms in the attic storey, and the attic storey generally is an extra storey made in the roof. In the Roman and Renaissance styles of architecture the low storey above the cornice or entablature is called the "Attic." Professor Goldstücker derives the word from the Sanskrit attaka (a room on the top of a house). (See The Transactions of the Philological Society, 1854.) Attic Storey. The head; the body being compared to a house, the head is the highest, or attic storey. "Here a gentleman present, who had in his attic More pepper than brains, shrieked: "The man's a fanatic."" Lowell: Fable for Critics (stanza 50). Furnished in the attic storey. Not clever, dull. Queer in the attic storey. Fuddled, partially intoxicated. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 54 54 49 43 53 2C 41 54 54 49 43 53 54 4F 52 45 59 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010100 01010100 01001001 01000011 01010011 00101100 00100000 01000001 01010100 01010100 01001001 01000011 00100000 01010011 01010100 01001111 01010010 01000101 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A T T I C S ,   A T T I C   S T O R E Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0054 0054 0049 0043 0053 002C 0041 0054 0054 0049 0043 0053 0054 004F 0052 0045 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35545443375314235545443372535449523959 |
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