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ciphering

In music, the escape of sound from organ pipes by a fault in or damage to the mechanism.
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As to Tom, Charley's brother, I am really afraid to say what he did at school in ciphering, but I think it was decimals.
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He must be respectable--he keeps a manservant,' said Miss Tomkins to the writing and ciphering governess.
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Knitting, sewing, reading, writing, ciphering, will be all you will have to teach.
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