单词 | minim stroke |
释义 | > as lemmasminim stroke 2. A single downstroke of the pen; esp. the short downstroke used in the letters m, n, u, etc., in court hand or secretary hand. Also more fully minim stroke. Now chiefly Palaeography. †to be in one's minims: to be learning to write such strokes (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > stroke linea1382 tittlec1384 stroke1567 minim1587 pot-hook1611 dash1615 hair-stroke1634 hook1668 foot stroke1676 stem1676 duct1699 hanger1738 downstroke?1760 hairline1846 up-stroke1848 skit1860 pot-crook1882 ligature1883 coupling-stroke1906 bow1914 ductus1922 ascender1934 1587 F. Clement Petie Schole sig. Dvj Al the minnimes make of equall length... The minnime letters are they, which appeare of equall height aboue the line or foote of the letter, as are the aaes, cees, ees, gees. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1029 Those who when they write a running hand in haste, doe not alwaies make out the letters full, but use pricks, minims and dashes. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. i. sig. B4v She tooke her letters very suddenly: and is now in her Minoms. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. iv. 39 Striuing..to make minimes, and such like letters sharp at tops & bottoms, or iust to the proportion of their copies. 1658 E. Cocker Pen's Triumph (new ed.) 14 For Set Secretary... Your minums must be all alike, as the down-right stroke of the a, the strokes of the i, m, n, u, and the first of the w. 1672 E. Cocker Magnum in Parvo 6 Be accommodated with a pen whose nib is in breadth the same with the minum stroke. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 293 And so increasing the Minnoms according to the Index of the Figural Number. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 254 So far they [sc. the Romans] could easily number the miniums [sic] or strokes with a glance of the eye. 1890 M. Burrows in Collectanea II. 290 Mr. Jacobs reads ‘pointeur’. It might be read ‘poniteur’, there being three minims between the o and the t. 1969 M. B. Parkes Eng. Cursive Bk. Hands 1250–1500 p. xxvi A minim stroke is the shortest and simplest stroke: that used to form the letters i, m, n, u. 1991 Lit. & Ling. Computing 6 24/2 Carrying through to the lower minim line, the crookedness of the vertical bar is not a feature of the ascender alone. < as lemmas |
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