telegraph
telegraph: n. & v. --n.
1 a a system of or device for transmitting messages or signals to a distance esp. by making and breaking an electrical connection. b (attrib.) used in this system (telegraph pole; telegraph wire).
2 (in full telegraph board) a board displaying scores or other information at a match, race meeting, etc. --v.
1 tr. send a message by telegraph to.
2 tr. send by telegraph.
3 tr. give an advance indication of.
4 intr. make signals (telegraphed to me to come up). telegraph key a device for making and breaking the electric circuit of a telegraph system. telegraph plant an E. Indian plant, Desmodium gyrans, whose leaves have a spontaneous jerking motion. telegrapher n. [F tlgraphe (as TELE-, -GRAPH)]
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