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cyphering

vb. (present participle of cypher English)

Usage examples of "cyphering".

Like the incredible noise that issues from a cyphering organ played full through faulty stops, a chorus of strident howls arose.

As to Tom, Charley's brother, I am really afraid to say what he did at school in cyphering, but I think it was Decimals.

What would be the point of cyphering messages that very clever enemies couldn't break?