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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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Of his noctograph Prescott made constant use.

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Prescott then placed his noctograph upon the floor and lay down flat beside it, writing in this attitude for many hours on nine consecutive days rather than give in.

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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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