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ciphered, ppl. a.|ˈsaɪfəd|
[f. cipher v.]
1. Written in cipher.
1611Cotgr., Enchiffré, cyphered; expressed or set down in cyphers. 1787T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 327 The cyphered paragraph respecting myself. 1883Froude in 19th Cent. XIII. 651 Thousands of ciphered despatches with rough drafts of as many ciphered answers. 1885Athenæum 371/1 The ciphered portion of this despatch.
2. Naval Arch. (See quot.)
c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 101 Those in the hold are..built with rabbeted or ciphered plank. Ibid. 154 Syphered. A mode of joining, by over-lapping the edge of one plank upon another, with a bevelling edge..in such a manner that both planks shall make a plain surface. |
