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Webster 1828 Edition


Ciphering

CIPHERING

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1.
Using figures, or practicing arithmetic.
2.
Writing in occult characters.

Definition 2024


ciphering

ciphering

English

Verb

ciphering

  1. present participle of cipher

Noun

ciphering (plural cipherings)

  1. (archaic) A calculation or computation.
  2. (music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).