cryptograph

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Isn't this what you call a cryptograph?

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  1. noun See cryptogram.
  2. noun A system of secret or cipher writing; a cipher.
  3. noun A device for translating plain text into cipher.

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  • Isn't this what you call a cryptograph? —  The Paternoster Ruby
  • To verify the supposition, let us observe if the 8 be seen often in couples--for e is doubled with great frequency in English--in such words, for example, as 'meet,' 'fleet,' 'speed,' 'seen,' 'been,' 'agree,' etc. In the present instance we see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief Let us assume 8, then, as e_. —  The Short-story
  • Why did the brave old man wish that his Bible should be sent to his son, and why did he write that somewhat peculiar message in it Suppose Ida was right and that it contained a cypher or cryptograph which would give a clue to the whereabouts of the treasure? —  Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life
  • To verify the supposition, let us observe if the 8 be seen often in couples--for e is doubled with great frequency in English--in such words, for example, as 'meet,' 'fleet,' speed,' 'seen,' 'been,' 'agree,' etc. In the present instance we see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief Let us assume 8, then, as e_. —  Short Stories Old and New
  • In the present instance we see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief Let us assume 8, then, as 'e'. —  Short Stories for English Courses
 

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  1. from Greek κρυπτός, hidden, secret, + γράφειν, write.
 

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/ˈkrɪptəgræf/
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