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cryptograph|ˈkrɪptəʊgrɑːf, -græf|
[mod. f. as prec. + Gr. -γραϕος writing, written; see -graph.]
1. = cryptogram.
a1849Poe Tales, Gold Beetle, I could not suppose him [Kidd] capable of constructing any of the more abstruse cryptographs. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 641 note, Much of the Talmud consists of cryptographs which designedly concealed meanings from persecutors and heretics.
2. a. A kind of type-writer for writing in cipher.
1889Daily News 21 Oct. 3/6 The Wier Cryptograph..by means of which a small..type-writer is made to write cryptograms, to be translated mechanically on a similar machine.
b. An enciphering or deciphering device.
1879C. Wheatstone Sci. Papers 342 (heading) Instructions for the employment of Wheatstone's cryptograph. 1928Daily Express 22 May 2/4 A new invention known as the cryptograph, which could automatically code messages and decode them.
Hence † crypˈtographal a., cryptoˈgraphic a., of, or of the nature of, cryptography; † cryptoˈgraphical, dealing or concerned with cryptography; also crypˈtographer, crypˈtographist, one who writes in or is skilled in cipher. [All founded on a possible Gr. κρυπτόγραϕος: see above.]
a1691Boyle Wks. VI. 339 (R.) Neither have I any zeal for the character, as cryptographal or universal. 1641Wilkins Mercury Pref. (1707) 3 Now..both are grown Such Cryptographers. 1824J. Johnson Typogr. II. xii. 478 A cryptographic, secret, or cypher writing. 1870Pall Mall G. 5 Nov. 4 The cryptographic advertisements in the second column of the Times. 1694Lond. Gaz. No. 2973/4 Recreations of divers Kinds, viz. Numerical, Geometrical..Horometrical, Cryptographical. 1753Chesterfield World No. 24 ⁋12 In possession..of a more brachygraphical, cryptographical, and steganographical secret. a1849Poe Tales, Gold Beetle, To divide the sentence into the natural division intended by the cryptographist. 1896Daily News 3 Feb. 3/4 He has..been very successful as a cryptographer, and published..what is perhaps the only attempt at a scientific method of analysis of ciphers. 1959Chambers's Encycl. IV. 280/1 The countries at war [in 1914–18] established numerous intercepting stations..and also a staff of cryptographers. |