sypher

[ sahy-fer ]

verb (used with object)

1. to join (boards having beveled edges) so as to make a flush surface.

sypher

/ ˈsaɪfə /

verb

1. tr to lap (a chamfered edge of one plank over that of another) in order to form a flush surface

Derived Forms

• ˈsyphering, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sypher¹

First recorded in 1835–45; spelling variant of cipher

Word History and Origins

Origin of sypher¹

C19: variant of cipher

Example Sentences

Sypher, a 26-year-old Kansas native, has a wild life story, beginning with a teenage adventure in South America.

From The Daily Beast

This past week, Howard “Ford” Sypher did it again—in D.C. Abigail Pesta reports.

From The Daily Beast

After five years in the Army, with multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, Sypher needed a change.

From The Daily Beast

Sypher went back to his hotel, washed off the blood, and ate a slice of apple pie.

From The Daily Beast

And Solomon Sypher wanted me to git him a new kind of string beans and some cowcumber seeds.

From Project Gutenberg

And till he could pass it on to Deacon Sypher to read he kep it in the Bible.

From Project Gutenberg

You mustn't bear me any malice, Mr. Sypher, because I'm so grateful to you for saving us from these swindling people.

From Project Gutenberg

Zora and Septimus were standing by the decorous hush of a trente et quarante table, when they were joined by Mr. Clem Sypher.

From Project Gutenberg

And the friends are convinced and go about saying they know a man who knows Clem Sypher, and so the thing spreads like a snowball.

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