Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Handwriting.
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- noun
manuscript ; any non-printed or handwritten text - noun a book or document written by hand
Etymologies
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From Middle English, from Old English handġewrit ("handwriting, autograph, written agreement"), equivalent to hand + writ.
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Examples
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In the left-hand margin was handwrit - ten in hurried script: Donnough bringing McC here 2300 hrs, tues.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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His first fifteen years were covered in a mere fifty pages of crabbed handwrit - ing.
The Heirs of Babylon Cook, Glen 1972
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The entries in it, in Deemer's handwrit - ing, had ceased on the 16th day of July, the last of his life.
Can Such Things Be Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1909
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But the suspicion should lessen" unless they really thought that note was in his handwrit - ing.
The Heirs of Babylon Cook, Glen 1972
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