cipheredadj.
/ˈsʌɪfəd/ 1. Written in cipher.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [adjective]
ciphered1611
characterical?a1617
cryptogrammic1860
encrypted1958
enciphered1959
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Enchiffré, cyphered; expressed or set down in cyphers.
1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 327 The cyphered paragraph respecting myself.
1883 19th Cent. Apr. 651 Thousands of ciphered despatches with rough drafts of as many ciphered answers.
1885 Athenæum 371/1 The ciphered portion of this despatch.
2. Naval Architecture. (See quot.)
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1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 101 Those in the hold are..built with rabbeted or ciphered plank.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 154 Syphered. A mode of joining, by over-lapping the edge of one plank upon another, with a bevelling edge..in such a manner that both planks shall make a plain surface.
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