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I had the Unabridged, and I was ciphering around in the back end, hoping I might tree her among the pictures.

From Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories by Twain, Mark

He was ciphering in fractions at school, and what most puzzled him were the figures set to the bass.

From Winning His Way by Coffin, Charles Carleton

It gave me a positive shock to discover that she was ciphering in vulgar fractions and that her spelling was, to say the least, crude.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various

I had the Unabridged; and I was ciphering around in the back end, hoping I might tree her among the pictures.

From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence

Benjamin was obliged to labor diligently when he was at home from school, but every spare moment he could catch he was ciphering, and planning how to make things.

From The Freedmen's Book by Child, Lydia Maria Francis