Telegraph

tel′e-graf, n. an apparatus for transmitting intelligible me ages to a distance, esp. by means of electricity.— v.t. to convey or announce by telegraph.— ns. Tel′egraph-cā′ble , a cable containing wires for transmitting telegraphic me ages; Tel′egrapher (or tē-leg′-), Tel′egraphist (or tē-leg′-), one who works a telegraph.— adjs. Telegraph′ic , -al , pertaining to, or communicated by, a telegraph.— adv. Telegraph′ically , in a telegraphic manner: by means of the telegraph.— ns. Tel′egraph-plant , an Indian leguminous plant, the small lateral leaflets of whose trifoliate leaves have a strange, spontaneous motion, jerking up and down (sometimes 180 times in a minute), as if signalling, and also rotate on their axes; Tel′egraphy (or tē-leg′-), the science or art of constructing or using telegraphs. [Gr. tēle at a distance, graphein to write.]