noctographn.

Brit.

/ˈnɒktəɡrɑːf/,

/ˈnɒktəɡraf/, U.S.

/ˈnɑktəˌɡræf/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nocti- comb. form, -o- connective, -graph comb. form.

Etymology: < nocti- comb. form + -o- connective + -graph comb. form. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark (see nyctograph n.). Compare also later nyctograph n.

A kind of writing-frame for a blind or partially-sighted person (see quots. 1864, 2001).Invented by Ralph Wedgwood. Best known because of its use by the American historian William H. Prescott (1796–1859).

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > guide for blind or partially-sighted writers

chiragon1832

writing-frame1848

cecograph1851

noctograph1864

typhlograph1891

1864 G. Ticknor Life William Hickling Prescott 134 This framework of wires is folded down upon a sheet of paper thoroughly impregnated with a black substance... The whole apparatus is called a noctograph.

1952 E. B. Garside tr. C. W. Ceram Gods, Graves, & Scholars iv. xxiii. 351 Prescott was bent over a special writing-frame made for the blind and near-blind, the so-called noctograph, invented by a certain Wedgewood.

2001 Business World (Philippines) (Nexis) 15 Jan. 4 For writing he [sc. Prescott] had a ‘noctograph’ or a frame with brass wires stretched across it and holding a piece of carbon paper.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	noctograph
释义	noctographn. Brit. /ˈnɒktəɡrɑːf/, /ˈnɒktəɡraf/, U.S. /ˈnɑktəˌɡræf/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nocti- comb. form, -o- connective, -graph comb. form. Etymology: < nocti- comb. form + -o- connective + -graph comb. form. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark (see nyctograph n.). Compare also later nyctograph n. A kind of writing-frame for a blind or partially-sighted person (see quots. 1864, 2001).Invented by Ralph Wedgwood. Best known because of its use by the American historian William H. Prescott (1796–1859). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > guide for blind or partially-sighted writers chiragon1832 writing-frame1848 cecograph1851 noctograph1864 typhlograph1891 1864 G. Ticknor Life William Hickling Prescott 134 This framework of wires is folded down upon a sheet of paper thoroughly impregnated with a black substance... The whole apparatus is called a noctograph. 1952 E. B. Garside tr. C. W. Ceram Gods, Graves, & Scholars iv. xxiii. 351 Prescott was bent over a special writing-frame made for the blind and near-blind, the so-called noctograph, invented by a certain Wedgewood. 2001 Business World (Philippines) (Nexis) 15 Jan. 4 For writing he [sc. Prescott] had a ‘noctograph’ or a frame with brass wires stretched across it and holding a piece of carbon paper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864
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