Excerpt from The Encyclopedic Dictionary, Vol. 7: An Original Work of Reference to the Words in the English Language, Giving a Full Account of Their Origin, Meaning, Pronunciation, and Use; Also a Supplementary Volume Containing New Words, With 76 Coloured Plates, and Numerous Illustrations in the Text A. Trans. To send, communicate, transmit, or reproduce as sounds, a message, or the like, by means of a telephone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.