braille

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A method of writing or printing for the blind in which combinations of tangible dots or points are used to represent alphabetical letters. There are several systems, which differ considerably in details and have undergone various modifications. Thus in the British system the base is a group of six dots in two columns of three dots each , from which the letters are made as follows: , etc. In the New York point system, which is extensively used in the United States, is the first base, the second. the third, and the fourth; and the letters are: , etc. This notation is adapted to indicate capital and lower-case letters, numerals, punctuation, abbreviations, syllables, and musical notes and signs.

Wiktionary

1. n. A system of writing invented by Louis Braille, in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.
2. adj. Of, relating to or written in braille.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. to transcribe in Braille.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)
2. n. a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
3. v. transcribe in braille