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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOGOGRAPHY

n.[Gr. a word, and to write. ] A method of printing, in which a type represents a word, instead of forming a letter.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LOGOGRAPHY

Lo *gog "ra *phy, n. Etym: [Gr. logographie.]

 

1. A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used.

 

2. A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words. Brande & C.