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(Schifre,) Schyfre, Schiphre. Var. of Chiffer n. (a cipher). —1544 Cochran-Patrick Coinage I 97.
Cunyeit peces of gold … havand ane schyfre of the quheinis one the ane syde 1589 Cal. Sc. P. X 152.
That thayr is in thaym [sc. letters] ane schiphre termed in French le bastone which must be dischipherd
