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A cipher device was a term used by the US military in the first half of the 20th century to describe a manually operated cipher equipment that converted
Cipher_device
German cipher machine during World War II
The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication
Enigma_machine
US cryptographic equipment
developments but only the final form of the one adopted by the Army, Strip Cipher Device Type, M-138-A. This form used an aluminum base into which channels with
M-94_(cipher_machine)
The SYKO cipher device was a compact British cipher apparatus in use during World War II. It was invented and patented by Morgan O'Brien before the war
Syko_Cipher_Device
Class of electromechanical encryption devices, used widely from the 1920s to the 1970s
In cryptography, a rotor machine is an electro-mechanical stream cipher device used for encrypting and decrypting messages. Rotor machines were the cryptographic
Rotor_machine
Cipher system attributed to Thomas Jefferson
of the disks is the cipher key, and both sender and receiver must arrange the disks in the same predefined order. Jefferson's device had 36 disks while
Jefferson_disk
Type of code
communication used in Ancient Greece Straddling checkerboard – Cryptographic cipher device Tap code – Encoding for text messages Topics in cryptography "Polybius
Polybius_square
Practice and study of secure communication techniques
automatic cipher device, a wheel that implemented a partial realization of his invention. In the Vigenère cipher, a polyalphabetic cipher, encryption
Cryptography
Type of symmetric key cipher
stream cipher is a symmetric key cipher where plaintext digits are combined with a pseudorandom cipher digit stream (keystream). In a stream cipher, each
Stream_cipher
Aspect of US National Security Agency
number of cipher devices. Rotor machines from the 1940s and 1950s were mechanical marvels. The first generation electronic systems were quirky devices with
NSA_encryption_systems
level. These were the Enigma machine, the teleprinter cipher attachment (Lorenz cipher), and the cipher teleprinter the Siemens and Halske T52, (Siemens T-43)
German Army cryptographic systems of World War II
German_Army_cryptographic_systems_of_World_War_II
US and West German intelligence operation
to the United States, carrying a prototype of his C-36 cipher machine. He presented the device to the United States Army, which brought it to the code-breakers
Intelligence operations using Crypto AG compromised devices
Intelligence_operations_using_Crypto_AG_compromised_devices
Defunct Swiss cryptography company
long-established manufacturer of encryption machines and a wide variety of cipher devices. The company had about 230 employees, had offices in Abidjan, Abu Dhabi
Crypto_AG
Cipher machines used by the German Army during World War II
The Lorenz SZ40, SZ42a and SZ42b were German rotor stream cipher machines used by the German Army during World War II. They were developed by C. Lorenz
Lorenz_cipher
Set of algorithms that help secure a network connection
A cipher suite is a set of algorithms that help secure a network connection. Suites typically use Transport Layer Security (TLS) or its deprecated predecessor
Cipher_suite
Early block substitution cipher
The Playfair cipher or Playfair square or Wheatstone–Playfair cipher is a manual symmetric encryption technique and was the first literal digram substitution
Playfair_cipher
Wide-block cipher
Adiantum is a cipher composition for disk encryption. It uses a new cipher construction called HBSH (hash, block cipher, stream cipher, hash), specifically
Adiantum_(cipher)
device was invented by Charles Wheatstone several years after Wadsworth. Kruh, Louis (1982). "THE MYSTERY OF COLONEL DECIUS WADSWORTH'S CIPHER DEVICE"
Wadsworth's_cipher
Multiple-substitution writing system cipher
number in the cryptogram. For this encipherment Alberti used a decoder device, his cipher disk, which implemented a polyalphabetic substitution with mixed alphabets
Polyalphabetic_cipher
Process of converting plaintext to ciphertext
identical cipher. A similar device to the Jefferson Disk, the M-94, was developed in 1917 independently by US Army Major Joseph Mauborne. This device was used
Encryption
The Code-O-Graph is a field cipher device and identifier from the Captain Midnight radio serial. In the story line they were used by agents of the Secret
Code-O-Graph
1950s cipher machines by Crypto AG
(Hagelin) C-52 and CX-52 were cipher machines manufactured by Crypto AG starting 1951/1952. These pin-and-lug type cipher machines were advanced successors
C-52_(cipher_machine)
Term used by the United States National Security Agency (NSA)
breaking Enigma, the German cipher device used to transmit military messages. By breaking Enigma, the security of the Allies cipher machine, SIGABA, was not
NOBUS
improved version of Thomas Jefferson's cipher cylinder. It was later refined into the US Army M-94 cipher device. Historian David Kahn describes him as
Étienne_Bazeries
Family of authenticated ciphers
Ascon is a family of lightweight authenticated ciphers and hash functions that have been selected by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
Ascon_(cipher)
Class of cipher
In the history of cryptography, a grille cipher was a technique for encrypting a plaintext by writing it onto a sheet of paper through a pierced sheet
Grille_(cryptography)
Cryptography algorithm
In cryptography, a block cipher mode of operation is an algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide information security such as confidentiality or
Block cipher mode of operation
Block_cipher_mode_of_operation
Cryptographic cipher device
using digits. It also is known as a monôme-binôme cipher. In 1555, Pope Paul IV created the office of Cipher Secretary to the Pontiff. In the late 1580s, this
Straddling_checkerboard
Cipher Device
The Japanese M-1 cipher machine was a mechanical device the Japanese used for performing cryptography sometime during the 1930s. More specifically it was
Japanese_M-1_cipher_machine
Polish decryption device
stated that the device had been dubbed a "bomb" "for lack of a better idea". Perhaps the most credible explanation is given by a Cipher Bureau technician
Bomba_(cryptography)
Engineer and inventor
"Britain's Enigma", and just before WW2 he patented the coding device known as the SYKO cipher device used throughout the war by the allied air forces, and to
Morgan Cyprian McMahon O'Brien
Morgan_Cyprian_McMahon_O'Brien
German Signal Intelligence Agency
The Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht (German: Amtsgruppe Wehrmachtnachrichtenverbindungen, Abteilung Chiffrierwesen) (also Oberkommando
Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht
Cipher_Department_of_the_High_Command_of_the_Wehrmacht
Substitution cipher based on linear algebra
Hill cipher is a polygraphic substitution cipher based on linear algebra. Invented by Lester S. Hill in 1929, it was the first polygraphic cipher in which
Hill_cipher
Encryption and decryption tool consisting of two metal plates with alphabets
and author Leon Battista Alberti. He constructed a device, (eponymously called the Alberti cipher disk) consisting of two concentric circular plates mounted
Cipher_disk
Cryptography construction
cryptography, a Feistel cipher (also known as Luby–Rackoff block cipher) is a symmetric structure used in the construction of block ciphers, named after the
Feistel_cipher
Covert operation
reported for the first time that Crypto AG had been selling manipulated cipher devices until the late 1980s, and made the connections to the NSA and CIA. In
Operation_Rubicon
Decryption of the cipher of the Enigma machine
1938 Rejewski had invented a device, the cryptologic bomb, and Henryk Zygalski had devised his sheets, to make the cipher-breaking more efficient. Five
Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma
Algorithm – a block cipher which was used for securing mobile phones in the United States. Cipher Cipher device Cipher system Cipher text Ciphony Civision
List of telecommunications encryption terms
List_of_telecommunications_encryption_terms
American microbiologist, vaccinologist and murder suspect (1946 - 2008)
University, and had once stolen a sorority chapter's ritual book and cipher device. In more recent years, he made extensive online posts about Kappa Kappa
Bruce_Edwards_Ivins
Set of three ciphertexts
The Beale ciphers are a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly states the location of a buried treasure of gold, silver and jewels estimated
Beale_ciphers
Family of block ciphers
federal government would need a cipher that would operate well on a diverse collection of Internet of Things devices while maintaining an acceptable level
Speck_(cipher)
of the encrypted result. It is used in key management in different ciphering devices, such as SIM-cards or Hardware Security Modules (HSM). In the GlobalPlatform
Key_checksum_value
Soviet/Russian national standard block cipher
GOST block cipher (Magma), defined in the standard GOST 28147-89, is a Soviet and Russian government standard symmetric key block cipher with a block
GOST_(block_cipher)
small cipher device, probably of Swedish origin, the results of which were not difficult to solve. It was even possible to break the large French cipher device
German radio intelligence operations during World War II
German_radio_intelligence_operations_during_World_War_II
Type of cipher
cryptography, a block cipher is a deterministic algorithm that operates on fixed-length groups of bits, called blocks. Block ciphers are the elementary building
Block_cipher
Mechanical cipher device
The HC-9 was a mechanical cipher device manufactured by the Swedish company AB Transvertex. It was designed in the early 1950s for the Swedish Armed Forces
HC-9
Electronic cipher device
The KL-43 is a portable, electronic cipher device used by the United States and the NATO from the early 1980s. The machine, manufactured by TRW, is an
KL-43
Method for writing secret messages
method is slow and requires literary skill. Above all, any physical cipher device is subject to loss, theft and seizure; so to lose one grille is to lose
Cardan_grille
Mathematical version of an order change
played an important role in the cryptanalysis of the Enigma machine, a cipher device used by Nazi Germany during World War II. In particular, one important
Permutation
Device for decoding a substitution cipher
secret decoder ring (or secret decoder) is a device that allows one to decode a simple substitution cipher, or to encrypt a message by working in the opposite
Secret_decoder_ring
Serial killer in California in the 1960s
different cryptogram. They combined to form a 408-symbol cipher (Z408). The writer claimed, "In this cipher is my idenity. [sic]" He demanded the codes be printed
Zodiac_Killer
Japanese diplomatic code named Purple by the US
for European Characters" (九七式欧文印字機 kyūnana-shiki ōbun injiki) or "Type B Cipher Machine", codenamed Purple by the United States, was an encryption machine
Type_B_Cipher_Machine
Study of analyzing information systems in order to discover their hidden aspects
impractical attacks can be considered breaks: "Breaking a cipher simply means finding a weakness in the cipher that can be exploited with a complexity less than
Cryptanalysis
Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit
client presents a list of supported cipher suites (ciphers and hash functions). From this list, the server picks a cipher and hash function that it also supports
Transport_Layer_Security
American computer scientist (1944–2025)
Invention Secrecy Act relating to a patent application for a stream cipher device, using research funded by a National Science Foundation grant. Davida
George_Davida
German mathematician
unit responsible for security of own processes, cipher devices testing, and invention of new cipher devices. He managed a staff of 11 In 1955, he became
Karl_Stein_(mathematician)
American cryptographer
cryptographer who was part of the select group who first worked on the SIGABA cipher device during World War II. She was honored by the National Security Agency's
Helen_Nibouar
Polyalphabetic substitution encryption and decryption system
cipher wheel. Alberti's cipher disk embodies the first example of polyalphabetic substitution with mixed alphabets and variable periods This device,
Alberti_cipher
them in their search for the main device of Project Aries and Cipher, incorrectly reminding him that it was Cipher who had killed her; and next in the
List of Fast & Furious characters
List_of_Fast_&_Furious_characters
Decade of the Gregorian calendar (1930–1939)
complexities of the evolving Enigma machine with plugboard, the main German cipher device during World War II. Getúlio Vargas became the President of Brazil after
1930s
Enigma machine with plugboard, the main cipher device then in use by Germany. The first to break the cipher in history. John Joseph Rochefort US, made
List_of_cryptographers
Cryptographical replacement of the letters of the runic alphabet
Cipher runes, or cryptic runes, are the cryptographical replacement of the letters of the runic alphabet. The knowledge of cipher runes was best preserved
Cipher_runes
Family of lightweight block ciphers
Internet of Things devices while maintaining an acceptable level of security. The Simon block cipher is a balanced Feistel cipher with an n-bit word,
Simon_(cipher)
Cryptography, the use of codes and ciphers, began thousands of years ago. Until recent decades, it has been the story of what might be called classical
History_of_cryptography
Musical algorithm for encrypting and decrypting information
cryptography, a music cipher is an algorithm for the encryption of a plaintext into musical symbols or sounds. Music-based ciphers are related to, but not
Music_cipher
Encryption tool used to perform a transposition cipher
cylinder", also σκύταλον skútalon) is a tool used to perform a transposition cipher, consisting of a cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which
Scytale
Japanese cipher machine
during World War II. A relatively simple device, it was quickly broken by western cryptographers. The Red cipher was succeeded by the Type B "Purple" machine
Type_A_Cipher_Machine
Characters in the Uncharted series
showing their first meeting when a 15-year-old Drake tried to steal a cipher device belonging to Sir Francis Drake. In the conclusion, Drake and Sullivan
Characters of the Uncharted series
Characters_of_the_Uncharted_series
Rotor cipher machine
The Schlüsselgerät 41 ("Cipher Machine 41"), also known as the SG-41 or Hitler mill, was a rotor cipher machine, first produced in 1941 in Nazi Germany
Schlüsselgerät_41
World War II German cipher machine and teleprinter
teleprinter"), or Schlüsselfernschreibmaschine (SFM), was a World War II German cipher machine and teleprinter produced by the electrical engineering firm Siemens
Siemens_and_Halske_T52
Calendar year
Congress opens in Tehran, Iran. November 30 – The Polish Cipher Bureau breaks the German Enigma cipher. December 1 – Germany returns to the World Disarmament
1932
Simple encryption method
substitution cipher that replaces a letter with the 13th letter after it in the Latin alphabet. It is a special case of the Caesar cipher which was developed
ROT13
Encryption technique
the principles of information theory. Digital versions of one-time pad ciphers have been used by nations for critical diplomatic and military communication
One-time_pad
1930s invention by Swede Boris Hagelin
earlier: an adding device designed for use in vending machines, and combined it with the pinwheel mechanism from a late 1920s cipher machine Hagelin had
C-36_(cipher_machine)
Stream cipher
cryptography, SEAL (Software-Optimized Encryption Algorithm) is a stream cipher optimised for machines with a 32-bit word size and plenty of RAM with a
SEAL_(cipher)
2017 film by F. Gary Gray
Parker, and Ramsey, to assist him. During the getaway, Dom steals the device for Cipher, who is a cyberterrorist. Hobbs is arrested and confined in the same
The_Fate_of_the_Furious
Stream ciphers
and the closely related ChaCha are stream ciphers developed by Daniel J. Bernstein. Salsa20, the original cipher, was designed in 2005, then later submitted
Salsa20
Authenticated encryption with associated data algorithm
with associated data (AEAD) algorithm, that combines the ChaCha20 stream cipher with the Poly1305 message authentication code. It has fast software performance
ChaCha20-Poly1305
Study of the frequency of letters or groups of letters in a ciphertext
letters in a ciphertext. The method is used as an aid to breaking classical ciphers. Frequency analysis is based on the fact that, in any given stretch of
Frequency_analysis
Weltkrieg: Technikgeschichte und informatikhistorische Aspekte [Cipher machines and deciphering devices in World War II: History of technology and aspects of IT
Fritz_Menzer
Block cipher
KeeLoq is a proprietary hardware-dedicated block cipher that uses a non-linear feedback shift register (NLFSR). The uni-directional command transfer protocol
KeeLoq
Interwar Polish-intelligence cryptology agency
The Cipher Bureau (Polish: Biuro Szyfrów [ˈbʲurɔ ˈʂɨfruf] ) was the Second Department of Polish General Staff unit charged with SIGINT and both cryptography
Cipher_Bureau_(Poland)
Early unclassified symmetric-key block cipher
design elements, a relatively short key length of the symmetric-key block cipher design, and the involvement of the NSA, raising suspicions about a backdoor
Data_Encryption_Standard
Block cipher used by the 4C Entity
The Cryptomeria cipher, also called C2, is a proprietary block cipher defined and licensed by the 4C Entity. It is the successor to CSS algorithm (used
Cryptomeria_cipher
2010). "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices" (PDF). NIST Special Publication 800-38E
Disk_encryption_theory
will deal with varieties of aperiodic substitution systems, elementary cipher devices and cryptomechanisms, and will embrace a detailed treatment of cryptomathematics
Military_Cryptanalytics
them to examining the circuitry). Once the cipher design was known, the team programmed several FPGA devices to perform brute-force key searches based
Digital_signature_transponder
Block cipher
SEED is a block cipher developed by the Korea Information Security Agency (KISA). It is used broadly throughout South Korean industry, but seldom found
SEED
Codebreaking device created at Bletchley Park (United Kingdom)
Bombe was developed from the Polish bomba, which had been designed at the Cipher Bureau by cryptologist Marian Rejewski, who had been breaking German Enigma
Bombe
15th-century codex in an unknown script
script for a natural language or constructed language, an unreadable code, cipher, or other form of cryptography, or perhaps a hoax, reference work (i.e.
Voynich_manuscript
Swedish businessman and inventor (1892–1983)
(CD-57) U.S. patent 3,083,263 U.S. patent 3,485,948 C-36 (cipher machine) M-209 C-52 (cipher machine) Bengt Beckman. Codebreakers: Arne Beurling and the
Boris_Hagelin
to kill Cipher for this. Cipher later puppeteers Polarity to get the location of Marie out of him and sends Vikor to go after Marie. Cipher reveals his
List_of_The_Boys_characters
Disk encryption software
(LUKS2) encryption keys to be stored along with encryption parameters such as cipher type and key size. The presence of this header is a major difference between
Linux_Unified_Key_Setup
German mathematician (1910–1991)
mathematician who, during World War II, was a cryptanalyst working in the cipher bureau, the Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht (OKW/Chi) responsible
Otto_Buggisch
Mechanical cipher machine
The (Hagelin) CD-57 was a portable, mechanical cipher machine manufactured by Crypto AG, first produced in 1957. It was derived from the earlier CD-55
CD-57
American cryptanalyst and mathematician (1907–1994)
been hired, compilations of cipher or code material for the U.S. Army. Another task was to test commercial cipher devices which vendors wished to sell
Solomon_Kullback
Free and open-source disk encryption utility
and ciphers, which boost performance on modern central processing units. VeraCrypt employs AES, Serpent, Twofish, Camellia, and Kuznyechik as ciphers. Version
VeraCrypt
Block cipher
In cryptography, Crab is a block cipher proposed by Burt Kaliski and Matt Robshaw at the first Fast Software Encryption workshop in 1993. Not really intended
Crab_(cipher)
German electrical engineer (1878–1929)
May 1929) was a German electrical engineer who invented the mechanical cipher Enigma machine. He patented the invention and later sold the machine under
Arthur_Scherbius
Concept in cryptography
is the desirable property of cryptographic algorithms, typically block ciphers and cryptographic hash functions, wherein if an input is changed slightly
Avalanche_effect
CIPHER DEVICE
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Male
Greek
(ΑιθήÏ) Greek name AITHER means "bright, upper air." In mythology, this is the name of one of the first gods, the son of Erebos and Nyx. He is the god of the pure, upper air that only the gods breathe, as opposed to the gloomy, lower "aer" breathed by mortals.
Girl/Female
English American
Piper.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Cooper, from Middle English copere, found from the 12th century alongside cupere.English : metonymic occupational name for a worker in copper, Old English coper (Latin (aes) Cyprium ‘Cyprian bronze’).Respelling of German Kopper.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Midlands)
English (East Midlands) : occupational name from Middle English tipeler ‘ale-seller’.
Male
Hebrew
(עֵפֶר) Hebrew name EPHER means "calf" or "gazelle." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a son of Ezra.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably an occupational name for a maker of arrowheads, from an agent derivative of Middle English tippe ‘tip’, ‘head’. On the other hand it may possibly be a bawdy nickname from an agent derivative of Middle English t̄pe(n) ‘to knock over’ (of obscure origin; here with a sexually suggestive sense). The same name has been established in Ireland, in County Kildare, since the beginning of the 14th century.German : topographic name from a Westphalian field name, Tippe, of unexplained etymology.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rusher.Americanized spelling of German Rischer, a nickname for a hasty or impetuous person, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rischen ‘to rush’.Americanized spelling of Swiss German Rüscher, a topographic name for someone who lived on a mountainside, from southern dialect risch ‘slope’, ‘mountainside’ + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.Americanized spelling of North German Rischer, a topographic name from Middle Low German risch ‘reed’, a topographic name for someone who lived where reeds grew.Anglicized form of Eastern German Rischar, a nickname from Sorbian rýsar ‘knight’.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A conspirator against Caesar.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Ophir, OPHER means "gold" or "reducing to ashes."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English
Flute Player; A Young Dove; Piper
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from Middle English pipere, PIPER means "pipe-player."
Male
English
Short form of English Christopher, TOPHER means "Christ-bearer."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a fisherman, Middle English fischer. The name has also been used in Ireland as a loose equivalent of Braden. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognates and names of similar meaning from many other European languages, including German Fischer, Dutch Visser, Hungarian Halász, Italian Pescatore, Polish Rybarz, etc.In a few cases, the English name may in fact be a topographic name for someone who lived near a fish weir on a river, from the Old English term fisc-gear ‘fish weir’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a fisherman, Yiddish fisher, German Fischer.Irish : translation of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. See Braden.Mistranslation of French Poissant, meaning ‘powerful’, but understood as poisson ‘fish’ (see Poisson), and assimilated to the more frequent English name.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Discher ‘joiner’.English
Americanized spelling of German Discher ‘joiner’.English : occupational name for a maker or seller of dishes, from an agent derivative of Old English disc ‘dish’.Possibly a respelling of any of the names mentioned at Deshaw.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who made or sold baskets, or else carried wares about in a basket, from an agent derivative of Middle English (h)rip ‘basket’ (Old Norse hrip).German : variant of Ripp.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements rÄ«c ‘power(ful)’ + hari, heri ‘army’. The name was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Richier, but was largely absorbed by the much more common Richard.Americanized spelling of German Ritscher, a variant of Richard.German : nickname or status name from Sorbian ryÄer ‘knight’.
Boy/Male
Biblical
A digger.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English cappe ‘cap’, ‘headgear’, hence an occupational name for a maker of caps and hats.Dutch : variant of Capers.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : according to Reaney, an occupational name, the meaning of which has not been established.
Female
English
Short form of English Cheryl, probably CHER means "darling beryl."
CIPHER DEVICE
CIPHER DEVICE
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Blooming
Male
Arthurian
, (Kay the grumpy); a knight of the Round Table.
Male
Native American
Native American Hopi name LAPU means "cedar bark."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Fragrant one, Sweet scented, King, Star
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Emotion Full
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Son of prophecy.
Boy/Male
Biblical
My Lord is most high; Lord of might and elevation.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Life of Timon of Athens'.
Boy/Male
Indian
Curtailed, Shortened
Girl/Female
Muslim
Handsome, Whimsy
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v. t.
To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter.
n.
A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.
n. & v.
See Cipher.
n.
One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.
n.
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W.
n.
Alt. of Ripper
v. t.
To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.
n.
The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
a.
Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
n.
A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
imp. & p. p.
of Cipher
v. t.
To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
v. t.
To decipher.
n.
One who ciphers.
v. t.
To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.
a.
Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
n.
See Copier.
n.
A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.
conj. Either
precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.
a.
Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.