cryptograph

In the present instance we see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief.
The Short-story|William Patterson Atkinson
But be assured that the specimen before us appertains to the very simplest species of cryptograph.
The Short-story|William Patterson Atkinson
It is a cryptograph, but a simple one, familiar to school children.
Nooks and Corners of Old New York|Charles Hemstreet
It would involve a discussion of chemical symbols and formul which would make the printed page a cryptograph.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XVII, February 1899, No. 98.|Various

Pray, Matthew, do you see any one sign repeated oftener than the others in this cryptograph?
Curiosities of Olden Times|S. Baring-Gould

British Dictionary definitions for cryptograph

cryptograph

/ (ˈkrɪptəʊˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf) /

noun

something written in code or cipher

a code using secret symbols (cryptograms)

a device for translating text into cipher, or vice versa

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