Logography

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

  Logography \Lo*gog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? a writing of speeches;
     lo`gos word, speech + ? to write: cf. F. logographie.]
     1. A method of printing in which whole words or syllables,
        cast as single types, are used.
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     2. A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a
        number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three
        or four words. --Brande & C.
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