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telegraph

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1805, from telegraph (n.). Figurative meaning "to signal one's intentions" is first attested 1925, originally in boxing. Related: Telegraphed ; telegraphing .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Telegraph is a Bulgarian national daily newspaper published in Sofia . It was established in January 2005 as a low-cost, short-article alternative to the mainstream press. Its circulation rose rapidly: in May 2005 it was 38,000 1, but by April 2007 ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Telegraph \Tel"e*graph\, n. [Gr. ? far, far off (cf. Lith. toli) + -graph: cf. F. t['e]l['e]graphe. See Graphic .] An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES telegraph pole COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE electric ▪ The resourceful doctor immediately asked the railway staff to use the new electric telegraph to contact the police at Bishops Road terminus. ▪ One exception ...

Usage examples of telegraph.

All efforts to put the engine and car back on the track were fruitless, and a messenger was sent back to Ancon to telegraph to Lima for an extra engine to assist in righting the little train.

SIR:--Major-General McClellan telegraphs that he has ascertained by a reconnaissance that the battery at Jamestown has been abandoned, and he again requests that gunboats may be sent up the James River.

When he came out of the telegraph office an hour later, Asey found the doctor holding an impromptu clinic from the seat of the roadster.

Telegraph road southward, and General Sedgwick promptly advanced up the turnpike leading from Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville, to assail General Lee.

The information was telegraphed to the Sirdar, who at once ordered that a force of the friendly Arabs, escorted by a gunboat, should go up to Berber to find if the news was true.

And I know a couple bibliophiles around the Telegraph scene that might have information more recent than mine.

Telegraph bibliophiles had no more information about what had become of Fung the Philosopher than I had about Berkeley the Brave.

I arrived in England from Canada in the beginning of November, 1861, and at once telegraphed to the Duke, and on my way to London, at his request, I visited him at Clumber, and made my report of progress, which appeared to be highly satisfactory.

The telegraph thereby furnished cryptography with the structure and the content that it still has.

The next morning, after riding nine miles through a quagmire, under grand avenues of cryptomeria, and noticing with regret that the telegraph poles ceased, we reached Yusowa, a town of 7000 people, in which, had it not been for provoking delays, I should have slept instead of at Innai, and found that a fire a few hours previously had destroyed seventy houses, including the yadoya at which I should have lodged.

Governor Vance of North Carolina, afterwards elected senator, telegraphed that the North-Carolina Legislature had almost unanimously passed resolutions in favor of it.

Please telegraph to me what is the condition of the case, and if he has not been executed send me the record of the trial and conviction.

MAJOR-GENERAL Dix, New York: Yesterday I was induced to telegraph the officer in military command at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, suspending the execution of Charles Carpenter, to be executed tomorrow for desertion.

With a countenance whose inscrutability alone was a threat, Victor took out and conned the telegraph form.

Governor has further telegraphed to the other side of Volcano Bay desiring the authorities to give me the use of the Government kuruma as long as I need it, and to detain the steamer to suit my convenience!