[mod. f. Gr. χρόνο-ς time + στίχος row, line of verse.] (See quot.)
1859. N. & Q., Ser. II. VII. 284. A chronosticon is properly a poetical line which by its letters, or some of them, indicates a date.
1882. J. Hilton, Chronograms, 23. A Chronostichon of the beheading of Charles, King, etc., on the 30th day of January.
