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n. - A device for deciphering codes and ciphers; A piece of writing in code or cipher; A secret method of writing.

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  • Now, at the very first letter Jarriquez was stopped in his calculations, for the difference in alphabetical position between the d and the p gave him not one cipher, but two,...
  • As it was, I assumed the cryptograph to be English.
  • Solving a cryptograph is like doing a mathematical problem, and Poe was very clever at it.
  • In the present instance we see it doubled less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief.
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