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Once they sailed the sea, now they surf the web
They try to beat me, they try in vain. And when I win, I end the pain.
Take one out and scratch my head I am now black but once was red.
Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen. First of all figures, the first of all letters. Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.
My first is in some but not in all. My second is into but not in tall. My third in little but no in big. My fourth in port but not in pig. My whole is made in nature's way. For clothing, rugs used every day.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?