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Swedish melodic death metal band
Cipher System is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tjörn. The band formed under the name Eternal Grief in 1995. They changed their name in 2001
Cipher_System
Study of analyzing information systems in order to discover their hidden aspects
indicator systems allowed first Polish cryptographers and then the British cryptographers at Bletchley Park to break the Enigma cipher system. Similar
Cryptanalysis
Type of substitution cipher
pigpen cipher (alternatively referred to as the masonic cipher, Freemason's cipher, Rosicrucian cipher, Napoleon cipher, and tic-tac-toe cipher) is a geometric
Pigpen_cipher
Algorithm for encrypting and decrypting information
In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a
Cipher
Simple type of polyalphabetic encryption system
The Vigenère cipher (French pronunciation: [viʒnɛːʁ]) is a method of encrypting alphabetic text where each letter of the plaintext is encoded with a different
Vigenère_cipher
Early block substitution cipher
as in the simple substitution cipher and rather more complex Vigenère cipher systems then in use. The Playfair cipher is thus significantly harder to
Playfair_cipher
Simple and widely known encryption technique
Caesar cipher is often incorporated as part of more complex schemes, such as the Vigenère cipher, and still has modern application in the ROT13 system. As
Caesar_cipher
Type of cipher used in World War I
In cryptography, the ADFGVX cipher was a manually applied field cipher used by the Imperial German Army during World War I. It was used to transmit messages
ADFGVX_cipher
Method of encryption
themselves. Transposition ciphers reorder units of plaintext (typically characters or groups of characters) according to a regular system to produce a ciphertext
Transposition_cipher
Cipher system attributed to Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson disk, also called the Bazeries cylinder or wheel cypher, is a cipher system commonly attributed to Thomas Jefferson that uses a set of wheels or
Jefferson_disk
2004 EP by Cipher System and By Night
Cipher System / By Night is an EP by the Swedish metal bands Cipher System and By Night. It was released in 2004. According to Cipher System member Henric
Cipher_System_/_By_Night
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
System to replace plaintext with ciphertext
In cryptography, a substitution cipher is a method of encrypting that creates the ciphertext (its output) by replacing units of the plaintext (its input)
Substitution_cipher
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
US cryptographic equipment
many mistakes so the system was compromised, letting multiple Axis countries decipher it. Like most classical ciphers, strip ciphers can be easily cracked
M-94_(cipher_machine)
Cryptographic cipher
The Aristocrat Cipher is a type of monoalphabetic substitution cipher in which plaintext is replaced with ciphertext and encoded into assorted letters
Aristocrat_Cipher
Practice and study of secure communication techniques
(or "E") for the eavesdropping adversary. Since the development of rotor cipher machines in World War I and the advent of computers in World War II, cryptography
Cryptography
Musical notation system used in Asia since the 19th century
'simplified notation', not to be confused with the integer notation) is a cipher notation system popular in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong and with the Chinese
Numbered_musical_notation
The cipher system that the Uesugi are said to have used is a simple substitution usually known as a Polybius square or "checkerboard." The i-ro-ha alphabet
Japanese cryptology from the 1500s to Meiji
Japanese_cryptology_from_the_1500s_to_Meiji
Cipher of the Lontara script
other symbols instead of Lontara characters. Lontara Bilang-bilang is a cipher of the Lontara script, currently used for Buginese poetry. This script uses
Lontara_Bilang-bilang
Type of cipher
In cryptography, a product cipher combines two or more transformations in a manner intending that the resulting cipher is more secure than the individual
Product_cipher
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
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
Stream cipher
(also known as ARC4 or ARCFOUR, meaning Alleged RC4, see below) is a stream cipher. While it is remarkable for its simplicity and speed in software, multiple
RC4
Substitution cipher
monoalphabetic substitution cipher originally used to encrypt the Hebrew alphabet. It can be modified for use with any known writing system with a standard collating
Atbash
Feistel network based block cipher
The cipher was designed to be suitable for both software and hardware implementations, from low-cost smart cards to high-speed network systems. It is
Camellia_(cipher)
Disused cipher that was used historically
classical ciphers are very simple to break with modern technology, and usually can also be solved by hand. The term includes the simple systems used since
Classical_cipher
Decryption of the cipher of the Enigma machine
Cryptanalysis of the Enigma ciphering system enabled the western Allies in World War II to read substantial amounts of Morse-coded radio communications
Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma
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
United States Army Ordnance Corps. In 1817, he developed a progressive cipher system based on a 1790 design by Thomas Jefferson, establishing a method that
Wadsworth's_cipher
Type of substitution cipher
The affine cipher is a type of monoalphabetic substitution cipher, where each letter in an alphabet is mapped to its numeric equivalent, encrypted using
Affine_cipher
Military code use and breaking during the Second World War
radio interception. The nations involved fielded a plethora of code and cipher systems, many of the latter using rotor machines. As a result, the theoretical
World_War_II_cryptography
Algorithm
use either stream ciphers or block ciphers. Stream ciphers encrypt the digits (typically bytes), or letters (in substitution ciphers) of a message one
Symmetric-key_algorithm
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
German Naval World War II hand-cipher system
German Naval World War II hand-cipher system used as a backup method when no working Enigma machine was available. The cipher had two stages: a transposition
Reservehandverfahren
Swedish musician
currently performs with several bands, including Solution .45, Miseration, Cipher System, Svavelvinter, Ill-Wisher, Pre-Human Vaults and has made several guest
Christian_Älvestam
American intelligence official
Georgetown University, and Director of Threat Insider Solutions at Cipher Systems, LLC. Kelton obtained a B.A. in political science from the University
Mark_Kelton
Early British cryptanalysis computer
codebreakers in the years 1943–1945 to help in the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher. Colossus used thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) to perform Boolean and counting
Colossus_computer
Topics referred to by the same term
Manager, a component of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Combined Cipher Machine, a WWII-era cipher system Community Climate Model, predecessor
CCM
Encrypted information
result of encryption performed on plaintext using an algorithm, called a cipher. Ciphertext is also known as encrypted or encoded information because it
Ciphertext
Standard for the encryption of electronic data
Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2001. AES is a variant of the Rijndael block cipher developed by two Belgian cryptographers, Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen
Advanced_Encryption_Standard
Swedish melodic death metal band
Sorrow, Stratovarius), and bassist Henric Liljesand (The Unguided, Cipher System, Night Crowned, Nightrage, Dead by April). In late 2007 Jani Stefanovic
Solution_.45
an 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
Étienne_Bazeries
Polyalphabetic encryption system
The Beaufort cipher, created by Sir Francis Beaufort, is a substitution cipher similar to the Vigenère cipher, with a slightly modified enciphering mechanism
Beaufort_cipher
Earliest civilian block ciphers
Lucifer was the name given to several of the earliest civilian block ciphers, developed by Horst Feistel and his colleagues at IBM. Lucifer was a direct
Lucifer_(cipher)
British-Canadian codebreaker and mathematician (1917–2002)
a fundamental advance in cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, a major Nazi German cipher system which was used for top-secret communications within the
W._T._Tutte
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
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
British businessman and wartime codebreaker (1920–2014)
He was a leading codebreaker and linguist, who worked on the Lorenz cipher system – Hitler's most top-level code. Jerry Roberts was born in Wembley, London
Jerry_Roberts
Block cipher
Blowfish is a symmetric-key block cipher, designed in 1993 by Bruce Schneier and included in many cipher suites and encryption products. Blowfish provides
Blowfish_(cipher)
Swedish heavy metal band
when singers Elize Ryd (toured with Kamelot) and Andreas Solveström (Cipher System, Within Y) signed on, as did drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (The Cleansing
Amaranthe
Type of code
used as a basic cipher called the Polybius cipher. This cipher is quite insecure by modern standards, as it is a substitution cipher with characters being
Polybius_square
John. "Hate Crew Deathroll review". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 March 2009. "CIPHER SYSTEM Recording New Album". Blabbermouth.net. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 18
List of melodic death metal bands
List_of_melodic_death_metal_bands
Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters
from the original on Oct 13, 2023. Beker, Henry; Piper, Fred (1982). Cipher Systems: The Protection of Communications. Wiley-Interscience. p. 397. Table
English_alphabet
Topics referred to by the same term
Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey Newark cipher, a variation of the Pigpen cipher system Newark Park, a country house and estate in Gloucestershire
Newark
Process of converting plaintext to ciphertext
theorized a cipher to encode and decode messages to provide a more secure way of military correspondence. The cipher, known today as the Wheel Cipher or the
Encryption
Swedish metal band
whom are former members of Sonic Syndicate. Later, they were joined by Cipher System bassist Henric Liljesand. Bengtsson was replaced by Richard Schill in
The_Unguided
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
WWII-era Allied cipher system
The Combined Cipher Machine (CCM) (or Combined Cypher Machine) was a common cipher machine system for securing Allied communications during World War II
Combined_Cipher_Machine
Classic polyalphabet encryption system
An autokey cipher (also known as the autoclave cipher) is a cipher that incorporates the message (the plaintext) into the key. The key is generated from
Autokey_cipher
mail system. SIGSALY (1943—1945) – secure speech system for highest-level Allied communications. MAGIC (1939 —) – SIGINT resulting from Japanese cipher system
List of World War II military operations
List_of_World_War_II_military_operations
Device for decoding a substitution cipher
secret decoder) is a device that allows one to decode a simple substitution cipher, or to encrypt a message by working in the opposite direction. As inexpensive
Secret_decoder_ring
Encryption technique
encryption system that is mathematically proven to be unbreakable under the principles of information theory. Digital versions of one-time pad ciphers have
One-time_pad
Cryptographic principle that states everything except the key can be public knowledge
in which he stated six design rules for military ciphers. Translated from French, they are: The system must be practically, if not mathematically, indecipherable;
Kerckhoffs's_principle
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
French cryptographer (1886–1980)
industrialist, best known for breaking the German ADFGX and ADFGVX cipher systems during the First World War. Painvin was born into a family of École
Georges_Painvin
Cryptographic system with public and private keys
public-key cryptography in hybrid cryptosystems. Before the mid-1970s, all cipher systems used symmetric key algorithms, in which the same cryptographic key is
Public-key_cryptography
American domestic terrorist (1942–2023)
created two elaborate cipher systems, referred to as Code #I and Code #II, to encrypt portions of his journals. These systems used sequences of numbers
Ted_Kaczynski
American cipher machine
In the history of cryptography, the ECM Mark II was a cipher machine used by the United States for message encryption from World War II until the 1950s
SIGABA
Cellar Darling Children of Bodom (ex) Chimaira (Cleveland Ohio) (ex) Cipher System Chrome Division Clawfinger(ex) Coldseed (ex) Communic Comeback Kid Conjurer
List_of_Nuclear_Blast_artists
Soviet spy for Britain
sent by cable from Istanbul because the Soviets were reading British Cipher System traffic. Instead the news by diplomatic courier took a week to reach
Konstantin_Volkov_(diplomat)
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
illness. He died in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1817, he developed a cipher system based on a design by Thomas Jefferson, establishing a method that was
Decius_Wadsworth
US and West German intelligence operation
responsible for the bombing may have used a different cipher system, possibly a manual cipher, for the traffic linked to La Belle. Jacobs notes that
Intelligence operations using Crypto AG compromised devices
Intelligence_operations_using_Crypto_AG_compromised_devices
Multiple-substitution writing system cipher
polyalphabetic cipher is a substitution, using multiple substitution alphabets. The Vigenère cipher is probably the best-known example of a polyalphabetic cipher, though
Polyalphabetic_cipher
Fractionated cipher
trifid cipher is a classical cipher invented by Félix Delastelle and described in 1902. Extending the principles of Delastelle's earlier bifid cipher, it
Trifid_cipher
machine. The Germans were convinced that the Tunny cipher system was unbreakable. Tunny was the cipher system which carried only the highest grade of intelligence:
Testery
American civil war spy (1818–1900)
from her garden and a copy of the Richmond newspaper. She developed a cipher system and often smuggled messages out of Richmond in hollow eggs. Union commanders
Elizabeth_Van_Lew
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
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
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
Early unclassified symmetric-key block cipher
PIN verification system to the earlier Atalla system. On 15 May 1973, after consulting with the NSA, NBS solicited proposals for a cipher that would meet
Data_Encryption_Standard
Stack-based programming language
POSTPONE LITERAL ; IMMEDIATE In 1987, Ron Rivest developed the RC4 cipher-system for RSA Data Security, Inc. Its description follows: We have an array
Forth_(programming_language)
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)
Family of block ciphers
Speck is part of a family of lightweight block ciphers publicly released by the National Security Agency (NSA) in June 2013. Speck has been optimized
Speck_(cipher)
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
cryptanalysis. Turing devised techniques for speeding the breaking of German ciphers, including improvements to the pre-war Polish bomba method, an electromechanical
Alan_Turing
Aspect of US National Security Agency
its most modern systems share at least some features with commercial products. NSA and its predecessors have produced a number of cipher devices. Rotor
NSA_encryption_systems
Block cipher introduced in 1991
e-book reader's DRM system. The PC1 cipher was designed by Alexander Pukall in 1991. Caracachs Cipher formerly known as PC3 Cipher was released in 2000
PC1_cipher
Topics referred to by the same term
particularly: Cryptographic tableau, or tabula recta, used in manual cipher systems Division tableau, a table used to do long division Method of analytic
Tableau
Department of the German Naval Intelligence Service
introduced Naval Cipher No. 5 on 10 June 1943. The new cipher became secure in January 1944 with the introduction of the Stencil Subtractor system which was
B-Dienst
Rasterschlüssel 44 (abbr. RS 44) was a manual cipher system, used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War. The cipher was designed by the astronomer and
Rasterschlüssel_44
Choosing not to use encryption
cryptography, null encryption (or selecting null cipher or NONE cipher) is choosing not to use encryption in a system where various encryption options are offered
Null_encryption
British cipher machine
Typex (also spelled Type X or TypeX) was the primary cipher machine used by the British military during World War II by and into the early Cold War. Based
Typex
American cryptographer (1890–1960)
additive polyalphabetic stream cipher and later co-invented an automated one-time pad cipher. Vernam proposed a teleprinter cipher in which a previously prepared
Gilbert_Vernam
Encoded data represented in binary notation
circuits, and more. 1875: Émile Baudot "Addition of binary strings in his ciphering system," which, eventually, led to the ASCII of today. 1884: The Linotype
Binary_code
Form of cryptanalysis
cryptanalysis designed to deal with the prevailing idea that even weak ciphers can become very strong by increasing the number of rounds, which can ward
Slide_attack
Digital rights management system used for DVD Video discs
stream cipher algorithm. The system was introduced around 1996 and was first compromised in 1999. CSS is one of several complementary systems designed
Content_Scramble_System
Surname list
of Art Decius Wadsworth (1768–1821) United States Army officer and cipher system inventor Derek Wadsworth (1939–2008), British composer and arranger
Wadsworth_(surname)
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)
Swedish band
vocalist of Nightrage, decided to collaborate with songwriter and former Cipher System member Pontus Hjelm to form Dead by April. During the band's early days
Dead_by_April
CIPHER SYSTEM
CIPHER SYSTEM
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.
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.
Female
English
Short form of English Cheryl, probably CHER means "darling beryl."
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’.
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.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Ophir, OPHER means "gold" or "reducing to ashes."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : according to Reaney, an occupational name, the meaning of which has not been established.
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 : 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.
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."
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.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A conspirator against Caesar.
Male
English
Short form of English Christopher, TOPHER means "Christ-bearer."Â
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’.
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
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.
Girl/Female
English American
Piper.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Midlands)
English (East Midlands) : occupational name from Middle English tipeler ‘ale-seller’.
Boy/Male
Biblical
A digger.
CIPHER SYSTEM
CIPHER SYSTEM
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Shiva, Lord Ram
Boy/Male
German, Norse
Of the Gods
Girl/Female
Indian
Benevolent
Male
Swedish
Variant spelling of Swedish Alrik, ALRICK means "all-powerful; ruler of all."
Biblical
house of song; the house of affliction,house of dates, or house of misery,House of Misery
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Hebrew American
From the tower.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Delicate; Narrator of Hadith; Daughter of Muhammad Bin Ibrahim
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Traditional
Religious
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian
Virtue; Chastity
CIPHER SYSTEM
CIPHER SYSTEM
CIPHER SYSTEM
CIPHER SYSTEM
CIPHER SYSTEM
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.
v. t.
To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.
n.
A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.
n.
A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.
n.
See Copier.
v. t.
To decipher.
a.
Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
v. t.
To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
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.
conj. Either
precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.
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
n.
A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
n. & v.
See Cipher.
imp. & p. p.
of Cipher
v. t.
To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter.
n.
A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters.
n.
One who ciphers.