Bible Dictionaries
Telegraph

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action.

(2):

(v. t.) To convey or announce by telegraph.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Telegraph'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/telegraph.html. 1828.