noctograph

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nox, noctis (night) +‎ -graph.

Noun[edit]

noctograph (plural noctographs)

  1. A form of stylus that helps a blind person to write.
  2. (historical) A device for recording the progress of a nightwatchman on his beat.