单词 | hand-writ |
释义 | hand-writn. Chiefly Scottish before 18th cent. Now rare. 1. Something written by hand; a handwritten document or communication; (in early use esp.) one having legal force. Cf. hand write n. 1. [In later use only as element-by-element rendering of manuscript n. using native elements.] ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > piece or quantity of i-writeOE writlOE hand-writc1175 scritec1325 scripta1350 writingc1384 letterc1390 write1428 briefa1450 titlec1450 scroll1534 escript1550 passagec1550 hand write1567 side1579 scrieve1581 manuscript1600 sheetful1711 page1743 slateful1836 chirograph1844 pageful1859 M1899 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13566 Þurrh moysæsess hande writt. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Coloss. ii. 14 Doande awey þe handwryt [L. chirographum] of þe lawe þat was contrarye to vs and ageynus vs. 1562 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. 9 I resavit your wrytting, and..yff your hand wrytt hayd not persuadit me, [etc.]. ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. S.ijv The Lard of Luse sayd he was chargit to ane day of law, by the kingis father, quhilk should be this day, against his owne hand writ, quhilk he hes. 1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise 222 Christ Jesus, wha hes affixit to the croce..the handwret that was agains ws. 1615 P. Simson Short Compend Hist. First Ten Persecutions II. iv. ii. 15 This hand-writ Anastatius craued to be deliuered backe againe to him. 1830 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 395/2 The noun writ..may often serve instead of graphy, and the endings from scribo, as..Handwrit, Manuscript. 1887 ‘L. Scott’ Life W. Barnes xv. 258 The Psalms did not seem to promise well as an investment to any publisher, and they remained in the poet's drawer as ‘hand-writ’, which was his way of saying manuscript. 1949 P. Grainger Let. 7 June in All-round Man (1994) 235 The score has been glory-fully hand-written by a work-for-pay copy-er..& from his hand-writ on see-thru-able paper the printed copy will come about. 2. A person's handwriting or signature. Cf. hand write n. 2. Now U.S. regional. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > [noun] sign manual1416 hand-writ1483 firm1574 signature1579 significature1625 subscripta1704 autograph1796 moniker1851 John Hancock1885 John Henry1914 1483 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 132*/1 The said letter was of nane avale becaus..þt þai knew not his hand writ. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiv. xiv. f. 215v/1 He demandit yaim gif yay kend yair hand writtis & selis. 1560 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 397 An assured promise under their handwrits. 1616 W. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) vii. 160 Which he pretends was of my handwrit. 1747 Scots Mag. Mar. 113/2 Being asked by Lord Halifax, if he was certain that he knew the young pretender's and Lochiel's hand-writ? 1799 in H. Justice Life & Ancestry W. Mifflin (1905) 228 The..will..is in the proper handwrit of the said Warner Mifflin. 1908 A. H. Lewis Wolfville Folks 189 Thar's the hand-writ... Cast your optics onto it, an' see if it's genyooine. You shorely knows the lady's signachoor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1175 |
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