Facsimiles

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Facsimile \Fac*sim"i*le\, n.; pl. {Facsimiles} (-l?z). [L. fac
     simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made
     like; facere to make + similes like. See {Fact}, and
     {Simile}.]
     A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so
     as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact


     copy or likeness.
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     {Facsimile telegraph}, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing
        messages in autograph.
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