chirography

• Shakspere's chirography was almost as variable as his mind, and when he sat down to compose plays for the Globe and Blackfriars theatres, in his room adjacent to the Miter Tavern, he dashed off chunks of thought for pressing and waiting actors and managers, piecing them together like a cabinet joiner or machinist. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Shakspere, by Colonel John A. Joyce
• The single missive was directed to herself, in a chirography which she well knew. —  Angel Agnes
• I had no doubts about who was the writer; in fact, rude as was the chirography--from the materials used--I easily identified the hand. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
• For even the briefest epistle in the ordinary chirography is dangerous. —  The Biglow Papers
• "The Hours" (meaning devotional hours) of kings and queens are magnificent specimens of chirography, showing also the skill of artists in the earliest centuries. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865

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