GRAPHOPHONE
Graph"o*phone, n. [Gr. to write + -phone, as in telephone.]
Defn: A kind of photograph.
GRAPHOSCOPE
Graph"o*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.]
Defn: An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones.
GRAPHOTYPE
Graph"o*type, n. Etym: [Gr. -type.] (Engraving)
Defn: A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.
-GRAPHY -gra*phy. Etym: [Gr. Graphic.]
Defn: A suffix denoting the art of writing or describing; also, the writing or description itself; a treatise; as, calligraphy, biography, geography.
GRAPNEL Grap"nel, n. Etym: [OE. grapenel, dim. fr. F. grappin the grapple of a ship; of German origin. See Grape.] (Naut.)
Defn: A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; — written also grapline, and crapnel.