#250 cipher/cypher

cipher/cypher- a method of secret writing using substitution or transposition of letters according to a key; a secret message

C14 from Old French cifre zero, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic sifr zero, empty

Poor Randolph had upon him a letter in cipher from the King to a certain lord.

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