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Brachygraphy

Brachygraphy \Bra*chyg"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. brachy`s short + -graphy: cf. F. brachygraphie.] Stenography.
--B. Jonson.

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brachygraphy

n. (context obsolete English) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.