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Braille|breɪl|
Also braille.
The name of the French teacher of the blind Louis Braille (1809–52) used attrib. to designate a system of embossed printing for the blind, perfected by him in 1834. Also ellipt.
In this system the symbols for the letters, etc., are composed of raised dots arranged in different ways. It was adopted as the standard system in England by the British and Foreign Blind Association, 1869–70.
1853E. C. Johnson Tangible Typogr. 22 System Braille..a system of raised dots..this new arbitrary system of dots [has been] adopted throughout the French schools. 1871T. R. Armitage Educ. Blind i. 8 A modification of the Braille system has been suggested by Dr. Russ, of New York. Ibid. iii. 21 The reasons which have induced the Council to adhere to the original Braille, are briefly these:—1st. The Braille type is very generally diffused [etc.]. 1887A. M. Sullivan Let. 2 June in H. Keller Story of my Life (1903) iii. ii. 324, I gave her my braille slate to play with, thinking that the mechanical pricking of holes in the paper would amuse her. 1891Daily News 21 Feb. 5/4 The assistant transcribed her answers, written in Braille, into the ordinary characters. 1930J. M. Ritchie Concerning the Blind vii. 126 Braille has reached the proud position of being the one and only system now in use. Ibid. 127 There was a dearth of music in Braille.
Hence as v. trans., to transcribe or print in Braille; to mark in Braille. So ˈBrailler (see quot. 1951); ˈBraillist, a person who transcribes Braille.
1909Daily Chron. 15 July 4/4 A worker who is both a skilled musician and a skilled Braillist. 1944A. Rohrback Volunteer Braille Transcribing 5 Qualified braillists began the transcription of books for libraries and schools for the blind. 1951Sci. News Let. 1 Dec. 352/1 Brailler, a typewriter for the blind... The only moving part is the Brailling unit which carries a small embossing head across the page. 1956Bookseller 20 Oct., A select list of new titles Brailled and added to stock. 1964Listener 5 Mar. 394/1 Their [sc. blind people's] cookers can be brailled for temperature markings. |