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Telegraph   /tˈɛləgrˌæf/   Listen
Telegraph

noun
1.
Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code).  Synonym: telegraphy.
verb
(past & past part. telegraphed; pres. part. telegraphing)
1.
Send cables, wires, or telegrams.  Synonyms: cable, wire.



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"Telegraph" Quotes from Famous Books



... that there was no telegraph wire along that coast, and that the only German settlements were semi-permanent camps where they were cutting wood, for fuel for their own launch and for the steamers the British were building to serve the lake ports, ...
— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy

... Y had no reason for complaint at the reception or courtesy extended them by the foreign governments where they were placed. In Italy they had free first-class transportations and could frank their baggage. The organization was given free freight, express, postal and telegraph service. Certain government monopolies were waived and customs' charges ...
— Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight • Mathew Joseph Holt

... Clay, since he became a candidate for the office of President. Until I saw General Jackson's letter to Mr. Beverly, of the 6th ult., and at the same time was informed, by a letter from the editor of the United States Telegraph, that I was the person to whom he alluded, the conception never once entered my head, that he believed me to be the agent of Mr. Clay, or of his friends, or that I had intended to propose to him terms of any kind from them, or that he could have supposed me ...
— Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams - Sixth President of the Unied States • William H. Seward

... quick reply. "Connie isn't that kind of a girl. Besides all the arrangements have been made. It is more than likely she has been so busy with a number of details that she has simply forgotten to write or telegraph." ...
— Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island - The Mystery of the Wreck • Janet D. Wheeler

... through Mentone," Violet said. "If you should be seen there tomorrow you would surely be stopped, for my clothing would instantly be recognized by those who will search for me; they would compel you to tell where and how you met me, and then they would telegraph ahead and ...
— His Heart's Queen • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon


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