All 3 Uses of
cipher
in
Hard Times
- He has been picking up a bit of reading for her, here — and a bit of writing for her, there — and a bit of ciphering for her, somewhere else — these seven years.'†
Chpt 1.6 *
- It hailed facts all day long so very hard, and life in general was opened to her as such a closely ruled ciphering-book, that assuredly she would have run away, but for only one restraint.†
Chpt 1.9
- My dear boy knows, and will give you to know, that though he come of humble parents, he come of parents that loved him as dear as the best could, and never thought it hardship on themselves to pinch a bit that he might write and cipher beautiful, and I've his books at home to show it!†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(cipher as in: a secret cipher) a secret way to write a disguised message; or such a message; or the act of writing such a message; or a key used to disguise such a message