1808 J. Macdonald Treat. Telegr. Communication Pref. p. xiv It has..occurred to many, to recommend the telegraphing of words instead of letters.

1862 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 16) 37 A model of a newly-built covered stand on rollers, with figures for telegraphing on each side.

1863 Mudgee (New S. Wales) Liberal 15 Oct. 2/4 The police might have scouts if they would; scouts which would be a match for any system of telegraphing among the bush-rangers.

1882 Harper's Mag. Mar. 574/2 He furnished her with a key, looking very much like the cipher keys which business men used in telegraphing.

1933 Mariner's Mirror 19 328 Semaphore..is performed manually with hand-flags, or mechanically... Such methods of signalling were, however, originally indiscriminately termed telegraphing.

2005 Variety 22 Aug. 28/4 Murphy's broad and obvious telegraphing of his bad guy's intentions only draws attention back to the story's inane details.

1836 S. Warren in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 14/1 A kind of telegraphing courtship was carried on between them daily.

1921 Cable-landing Licenses: Hearings before Comm. Interstate Commerce (66th Congr., 3rd Session) 323 The matter ought to be considered, to some extent at least, from the point of view of the telegraphing public.

1989 Black Belt Apr. 38/2 Forward-leg vertical kicks display little or no telegraphing movement and are faster than rear-leg vertical kicks.

2012 J. Vicari Mad Muses 36 Animals act without the premeditated, telegraphing sign-system of language.