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Cryptograph

noun
1.
A secret method of writing.  Synonyms: cipher, cypher, secret code.
2.
A piece of writing in code or cipher.  Synonyms: cryptogram, secret writing.
3.
A device for deciphering codes and ciphers.





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"Cryptograph" Quotes from Famous Books



... as the characters of a cryptograph become explicit, the little signs left by the furnished room's procession of guests developed a significance. The threadbare space in the rug in front of the dresser told that lovely woman had marched in the throng. Tiny finger prints on the wall spoke of little prisoners trying to feel their ...
— The Four Million • O. Henry
... that it contained a cypher or cryptograph which would give a clue to the whereabouts of the treasure? If so it was obvious that it would be one of the simplest nature. A man confined by himself in a dungeon and under sentence of immediate death would not have been likely to pause ...
— Colonel Quaritch, V.C. - A Tale of Country Life • H. Rider Haggard


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