A writing-machine for the blind in which pressure upon raised types causes the corresponding characters to be printed.

a typewriter for producing embossed type, designed for use by blind people.

a typewriter in which the types are arranged round the circumference of a disc, which is turned by the action of the keys.

A shorthand typewriting machine.

a shorthand typewriting machine; (also) = stenotypist n.

= stenotyper n. at stenotypy, n. derivatives. Also stenotype machine.

(see quot. 1951).

an electric typewriter, esp. one in which solid-state circuitry is used to provide facilities such as storing typed characters.

Any of various things used or operated manually. Cf. sense A. 5. Short for manual typewriter n. at compounds.