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Everybody, moreover, who has ciphered upon a school-slate must remember the whitish-green spots which sometimes dotted the surface of the slate, and over which the pencil usually slid as if the spots were greasy.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

He has ciphered it all down to a demonstration.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) by Paine, Albert Bigelow