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Polygraph

An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.

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Anaglyptography noun · 78% connection

The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing c…

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Attachment noun · 78% connection

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…

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Calking noun · 78% connection

The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing.

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Cartoon noun · 78% connection

A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestrie…

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Comparator noun · 78% connection

An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for compari…

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Copygraph noun · 78% connection

A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.

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Counterfeiter noun · 78% connection

One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger.

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Counterpart noun · 78% connection

One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.

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Countersign verb · 78% connection

To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in…

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Cutter noun · 78% connection

That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the st…

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Cyclostyle noun · 78% connection

A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel…

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Eidograph noun · 78% connection

An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.

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Engrosser noun · 78% connection

One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.

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Hectograph noun · 78% connection

A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin.

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Heelball noun · 78% connection

A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.

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Inaccuracy noun · 78% connection

That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc.

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Manifold verb · 78% connection

To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.

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Mechanism noun · 78% connection

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the…

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