1. (n.) The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious.
2. (n.) The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly.
3. (n.) A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation or a vertical section.
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