Part 2641

<hw>Cryp"to*gram</hw> <tt>(kr?p"t?-gr?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cipher writing. Same as <er>Cryptograph</er>.</def>

<h1>Cryptograph</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cryp"to*graph</hw> <tt>(-gr?f)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>krypto`s</grk> hidden + <ets>-graph</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cryptographe</ets>.]</ety> <def>Cipher; something written in cipher.</def> "Decipherers of <i>cryptograph."

<i>J. Earle.</i>

<h1>Cryptographal</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cryp*tog"ra*phal</hw> <tt>(kr?p-t?g"r?-f<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Cryptographer</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cryp*tog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(kr?p-t?g"r?-f?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.</def>

<h1>Cryptographic krpt-grfk, Cryptographical</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw><hw>Cryp`to*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(kr?p`t?-gr?f"?k)</tt>, <hw>Cryp`to*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(kr?p`t?-gr?f"?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.</def>

<h1>Cryptographist</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cryp*tog"ra*phist</hw> <tt>(kr?p-t?g"r?-f?st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cryptographer</er>.</def>

<h1>Cryptography</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cryp*tog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(-f?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cryptographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.</def>

<h1>Cryptologu</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cryp*tol"o*gu</hw> <tt>(kr?p-t?l"?-j?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>krypto`s</grk> hidden + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Secret or enigmatical language.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Cryptonym</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cryp"to*nym</hw> <tt>(kr?p"t?-n?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ secret + <?/<?/<?/<?/ name.]</ety> <def>A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.</def>

<h1>Cryptopine</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cryp"to*pine</hw> <tt>(kr?p"t?-p?n; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>krypto`s</grk> hidden + E. <ets>op</ets>ium.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.</def>

<h1>Crypturi</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cryp*tu"ri</hw> <tt>(kr?p-t?"r?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ hidden + <?/<?/<?/ tail.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of flying, drom<?/ognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See <er>Tinamou</er>.</def>

<h1>Crystal</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crys"tal</hw> <tt>(kr?s"t<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cristal</ets>, F. <ets>cristal</ets>, L. <ets>crystallum</ets> crystal, ice, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ icy cold, frost; cf. AS. <ets>crystalla</ets>, fr. L. <ets>crystallum</ets>; prob. akin to E. <ets>crust</ets>. See <er>Crust</er>, <er>Raw</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem. & Min.)</fld> <def>The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See <er>Crystallization</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also <altname>rock crystal</altname>. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. <er>Smoky quartz</er>, <er>Pebble</er>; also <cref>Brazilian pebble</cref>, under <er>Brazilian</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See <er>Flint glass</er>.</def>