cryptograph

cryptograph
/krip"teuh graf', -grahf'/, n.
1. cryptogram (def. 1).
2. a system of secret writing; cipher.
3. a device for translating clear text into cipher.
[1635-45; CRYPTO- + -GRAPH]

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