sypher

[ sahy-fer ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to join (boards having beveled edges) so as to make a flush surface.

Origin of sypher

1
First recorded in 1835–45; spelling variant of cipher

Words Nearby sypher

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How to use sypher in a sentence

  • And till he could pass it on to Deacon sypher to read he kep it in the Bible.

    Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 1. | Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • You mustn't bear me any malice, Mr. sypher, because I'm so grateful to you for saving us from these swindling people.

    Septimus | William J. Locke
  • Zora and Septimus were standing by the decorous hush of a trente et quarante table, when they were joined by Mr. Clem sypher.

    Septimus | William J. Locke
  • And the friends are convinced and go about saying they know a man who knows Clem sypher, and so the thing spreads like a snowball.

    Septimus | William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for sypher

sypher

/ (ˈsaɪfə) /


verb
  1. (tr) to lap (a chamfered edge of one plank over that of another) in order to form a flush surface

Origin of sypher

1
C19: variant of cipher

Derived forms of sypher

  • syphering, noun

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