Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Facsimiles"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Facsimile \Fac*sim"i*le\, n.; pl. {Facsimiles} (-l?z). [L. fac
simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made
like; facere to make + similes like. See {Fact}, and
{Simile}.]
A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so
as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact
copy or likeness.
{Facsimile telegraph}, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing
messages in autograph.
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