papyrograph

Meanings

nounpapyrograph (plural papyrographs)

historicalAn early device for reproducing documents by means of a paper stencil and corrosive ink.
obsoleterareSynonym of papyrology.
Synonyms: papyrology

verbpapyrograph (third-person singular simple present papyrographs, present participle papyrographing, simple past and past participle papyrographed)

present singular third person papyrographs · participle present papyrographing · participle past papyrographed · past papyrographed

historicalTo use a papyrograph; to copy by means of a papyrograph.
Papyrographed descriptions of the experiments were distributed to the students and commented on in class before the experiments were undertaken.
1892 November 1, Mary Whiton Calkins, “Experimental Psychology at Wellesley College”, in The American Journal of Psychology, page 465

nounSynonym of papyrology.

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