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

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noctograph

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.

From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck

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 Initial Studies in American Letters by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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 Harry Thurston Peck

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 Henrietta Christian Wright

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

From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck

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