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Logography

Logography \Lo*gog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? a writing of speeches; lo`gos word, speech + ? to write: cf. F. 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.

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logography

n. 1 The use of logograph in writing. 2 The use of logotype in design and printing. 3 (context obsolete English) A method of longhand reporting.