Lo-gŏg'ra-phy, n.

noun

n. [Fr. logographie, Gr. λογογραφία, fr. λόγος, word, speech, and γράφειν, to write.] 1. A method of printing in which whole words, cast in a single type, are used instead of single letters.

Sense 2. A mode of reporting speeches formerly attempted without using short-hand, by a number of reporters, each of whom in succession took down three or four words. Brande.