2. a secret message
3. the key to a secret message
4. an obsolete name for zero
5. any of the Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, etc, to 9) or the Arabic system of numbering as a whole
6. a person or thing of no importance; nonentity
7. a design consisting of interwoven letters; monogram
8. music a defect in an organ resulting in the continuous sounding of a pipe, the key of which has not been depressed.
verb
1. to put (a message) into secret writing
2. (intr)(of an organ pipe) to sound without having the appropriate key depressed
3. rare to perform (a calculation) arithmetically
Wow that's a lot of definitions! We saw this sign on a walk along the canal today and didn't really know what it meant, so I guess in a way it is a cypher, understandable only to those in the know!
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