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Cryptograph

noun

A secret method of writing. Synonyms: cipher, cypher, secret code.

A piece of writing in code or cipher. Synonyms: cryptogram, secret writing.

A device for deciphering codes and ciphers.

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"Cryptograph" Quotes from Famous Books

... appreciable in no other language than the English. But for this consideration I should have begun my attempts with the Spanish and French, as the tongues in which a secret of this kind would most naturally have been written by a pirate of the Spanish main. As it was, I assumed the cryptograph to be English. ...

— Stories by Modern American Authors • Julian Hawthorne

... 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 ...

— The Four Million • O. Henry