noctograph

[nok-tuh-graf, -grahf]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of noctograph¹

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

Example Sentences

On October 6, 1829, after three months devoted to reviewing his notes for the opening chapter, he took his noctograph and scrawled the initial sentence.

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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.

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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.

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Of his noctograph Prescott made constant use.

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

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