Log″o‐griph (?), n. [Gr. λόγοσ word + γρι̑φοσ a fishing net, a dark saying, a riddle: F. logogriphe.] A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; — thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc. B. Jonson.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.