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SALE BY INCH OF CANDLE

Definition: SALE BY INCH OF CANDLE

SALE BY INCH OF CANDLE

1. An auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Modern Translations: SALE BY INCH OF CANDLE

Language Translations for "sale by inch of candle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

alesay ybay inchay ofay andlecay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SALE BY INCH OF CANDLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-d-e-e-f-h-i-l-l-n-n-o-s-y"

-3 letters: hendecasyllabic.

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

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Alternative Orthography: SALE BY INCH OF CANDLE


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

53 41 4C 45      42 59      49 4E 43 48      4F 46      43 41 4E 44 4C 45

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

                

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

01010011 01000001 01001100 01000101 00100000 01000010 01011001 00100000 01001001 01001110 01000011 01001000 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000011 01000001 01001110 01000100 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#65 &#76 &#69 &#32 &#66 &#89 &#32 &#73 &#78 &#67 &#72 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#67 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0041 004C 0045      0042 0059      0049 004E 0043 0048      004F 0046      0043 0041 004E 0044 004C 0045

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

5335463923659243483742249402373548384639

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INDEX

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


  

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