\Lo*gog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? a writing of speeches; ?
word, speech + ? to write: cf. F. logographie.]
1. A method of printing in which whole words or syllables,
   cast as single types, are used.
2. A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a
   number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three
   or four words. --Brande & C.