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Deaf and dumb alphabet

Alphabet \Al"pha*bet\, n. [L. alphabetum, fr. Gr. ? + ?, the first two Greek letters; Heb. [=a]leph and beth: cf. F. alphabet.]

  1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

  2. The simplest rudiments; elements.

    The very alphabet of our law.
    --Macaulay.

    Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.