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Webster 1913 Edition

(stĕgˊȧ-nŏg′rȧ-fy̆)

Noun.

[Gr.

στεγανόσ

covered (fr.

στέγειν

to cover closely) +

-graphy

The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography.

Noun.

[supra.] The art of writing in ciphers or characters which are not intelligible, except to the persons who correspond with each other.