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Defense In the United States system of hobo signs, this symbol means that you should be ready to defend yourself. | |
Rock salt (alternate) A symbol used in alchemy to designate rock salt. | |
Cinnabar (alternate #1) A symbol used to designate cinnabar, a bright red mineral with a rather toxic physical nature, in the 18th century text of Diderot's Encyclopedia. | |
Cinnabar (alternate #2) A symbol used to designate cinnabar, a bright red mineral with a rather toxic physical nature, in the 18th century text of Diderot's Encyclopedia. | |
Cuprum arsenicatum (alchemy) The alchemical symbol for Cuprum arsenicatum, a compound of copper and arsenic. | |
Sal alcalinus A symbol used in alchemy to indicate alkaline salt, which is composed of sodium and potassium. | |
Danger of arrest In the British system of hobo signs, this symbol means that the people here will try to get you arrested, so beware. | |
Fruit trees A symbol from the British system of hobo signs. Where this mark appears, it mean that the garden contains fruit trees (a potential source of food). | |
Glass (alternate #1) A symbol used to represent glass in medieval alchemy. | |
Glass (alternate #2) In the alchemical traditions of the late Middle Ages, this symbol represented glass. | |
Wood (alchemy) An alchemical symbol representing wood. | |
Wood (alternate #1) While at first glance this symbol may be mistaken for a warped version of the anarchy logo, it is in fact one of the symbols used in alchemy to denote wood. | |
Day (alchemy) While this symbol can have different meanings in different fields, in the alchemical traditions of the Middle Ages it was used as a "time sign" to indicate day. | |
Oil (alternate #1) An alchemical symbol used to designate oil. | |
Oil (alternate #2) An alchemical symbol used to designate oil. | |
Oil (alternate #3) An alchemical symbol used to designate oil (especially olive oil in this case). | |
Horse dung (alchemy) A symbol used by alchemists to represent horse dung. | |
Horse dung (alternate) A symbol used by alchemists to represent horse dung. | |
Soap (alchemy) A symbol used in alchemy to represent soap. | |
Authority A symbol from the French system of hobo signs indicating that an authority figure lives at this location. | |
Good road Strongly resembling the common symbol for a ban or prohibition, in the United States system of hobo signs, this mark indicates that the current road is a good one to follow. | |
Wax (alchemy) A symbol used in alchemy to denote wax or oil. | |
Arsenic acid (alchemy) The alchemical and early chemical symbol for arsenic acid, or acidum arsenici. | |
Oil (alternate #4) An alchemical symbol used to designate oil. | |
Wax (alternate #1) A symbol used in alchemy to denote wax or oil. |