noctograph

American  

[nok-tuh-graf, -grahf] / ˈnɒk təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

1. a frame used to aid the blind in writing.

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Etymology

Origin of noctograph

First recorded in 1860–65; noct- + -o- + -graph

Example Sentences

He was nearly blind, and had to teach himself Spanish and look up authorities through the help of others and to write with a noctograph or by amanuenses.

From Brief History of English and American Literature by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

He wrote upon a noctograph with an ivory stylus, as a blind man writes, and because of great physical weakness he was able to accomplish only a very little each day.

From Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 by Wright, Henrietta Christian

And so, after a little time, he went on as before, studying "by ear-work," and turning off upon his noctograph from ten to fifteen pages every day.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston

A person using the noctograph wrote with a sort of stylus of ivory, agate, or some other hard substance upon the blackened paper, which conveyed the impression to the white paper underneath.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston

It was a contrivance called "the noctograph," meant for the use of the blind.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston