Definition of Telegraphs

1. Verb. (third-person singular of telegraph) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Telegraphs

1. telegraph [v] - See also: telegraph

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telegraphs

telegraph wire
telegraphed
telegrapher
telegraphers
telegraphese
telegrapheses
telegraphic
telegraphic signal
telegraphical
telegraphically
telegraphies
telegraphing
telegraphings
telegraphist
telegraphists
telegraphs (current term)
telegraphy
teleguidance
teleguide
teleguided
teleguiding
telehandler
telehandlers
telehealth
teleheating
telehopsias
teleinstruction
teleinstructional
teleiophiles

Literary usage of Telegraphs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journalby Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1875)
"Postal telegraphs, Plymouth. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, Morden Wharf, ... Indian Government telegraphs. Eastern Telegraph Company, 66, ..."

2. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"Acts relating to telegraphs were passed in 1863 and i860. The telegraph act, passed 31 July, 1868, enabled the postmaster-general to purchase existing ..."

3. Index of Economic Material in the Documents of the States of the United by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dept. of Economics and Sociology (1912)
"(4 AR comr. r.rs. and telegraphs 1869/70 v. 2 (p. 327)—6 same 1871/ 2. ... Special rept. of comr. of r.rs. and telegraphs M to whether provisions of act to ..."

4. Public Ownership of Telephones on the Continent of Europe by Arthur Norman Holcombe (1911)
"The further history of the European state telegraphs need not detain us.1 We ... The needs in response to which the electrical telegraphs were first called ..."

5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"An Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster-General to acquire, work, and maintain Electric telegraphs (31 & 32 Viet. chap. 110). /~\NE of the chief grounds ..."

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