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Definition of Secret writing
1. Noun. A piece of writing in code or cipher.
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Writing, Writing, Written Material
2. Noun. Act of writing in code or cipher.
Generic synonyms: Committal To Writing, Writing
Specialized synonyms: Encoding, Encryption, Recoding, Decipherment, Decoding, Decryption
Derivative terms: Code, Cryptographer, Cryptographical
Lexicographical Neighbors of Secret Writing
Literary usage of Secret writing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the by Agnes Strickland (1859)
"means fail, the best recipe for secret writing is alum dissolved in a little
clear water twenty-four hours before it is required to write with. ..."
2. The History of the Anglo-Saxons: From the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1852)
"... which contains many other curious receipts on this subject.22 They had the
art of secret writing, by substituting other letters for the h've vowels: ..."
3. Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various by John Strype (1824)
"Talk of putting the Scottish queen to death. Account given of her by the earl of
Shrewsbury, her keeper. Linen sent to her, with secret writing on it. ..."
4. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1886)
"... which contains many other curious receipts on this subject.22 THEY had the
art of secret writing, by substituting other letters for the five vowels: ..."
5. The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries by Charles William Heckethorn (1897)
"Nomenclature and secret writing of Order. — The most important person of the
Order after Weishaupt was Baron de Knigge, who assumed the pseudonym of " Philo ..."
6. The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries by Charles William Heckethorn (1897)
"Nomenclature and secret writing of Order. — The most important person of the
Order after Weishaupt was Baron de Knigge, who assumed the pseudonym of " Philo ..."
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