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writern. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: write v., -er suffix1. Etymology: < write v. + -er suffix1.Compare Old Icelandic ritari writer ( < the weak verb rita : see write v.). In sense 2b after post-classical Latin scriba in this sense (see scribe n.1 and compare discussion at that entry). I. A person who writes, and related uses. 1. society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) liv. 423 Swa se writere, gif he ne dilegað ðæt he ær wrat, ðeah he næfre ma nauht ne write, ðæt bið ðeah undilegod ðæt he ær wrat. OE Ælfric (Royal) (1997) xii. 277 Oft gehwa gesihð fægere stafas awritene, þonne herað he ðone writere & þa stafas & nat hwæt hi mænað. c1230 (?a1200) (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 222 Iþench o þi writere i þine beoden sumchearre. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 24075 (MED) Es na tung mai speke wit word, Ne writer write wit pens ord, Hu þat vr stur was strang. 1529 T. More i. xxii. f. xxxv/2 Some faut eyther in the translatour, or in the wryter, or now a days in ye prynter. 1636 D. Calderwood ii. iii. 36 Beza conjectureth, that through the negligence, and carelesnesse of writers of manuscripts, the verses have beene transposed. 1724 No. 33. 78 It is a Letter writ in a..stiff Hand almost like Print; and it is plain that it is writ to disguise the Hand of the Writer, whoever he was. 1801 D. Morrice iii. 183 The thickness of the quill, or its barrel, should also be proportioned to the size of the writer's hand. 1873 24 May 577/1 The characters are written in an easy and free manner, without the writer's pen being necessarily raised from the paper. 1905 H. Leach v. 62 The letter was written in the coffee-room..and the writer blotted it on a sheet of hitherto spotless blotting paper. 2000 R. N. Morris x. 109 Connecting strokes are pen movements used by a writer to connect letters, and sometimes even words, together. c1443 R. Pecock (1927) 388 Bettir it is a man to leerne write slowli..and so aftirward bi proces of tyme to growe sobirli into..a swift writer. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Harl. 2403) (1905) 301 Þys monke was þe feyrest wryter þat was knowen in all þe world. 1567 W. Painter II. f. 151 He wrote the same faire (being in dede a very faire writer) in a sheete of paper. 1622 D. Browne 54 The Skilfull Writer knoweth, at the least imagineth, the right fashion of Letters in his minde, before his hand write them. 1747 S. Richardson I. xii. 69 What inducements could such a swift writer as he have, to learn short-hand? 1871 Apr. 17/2 A neat writer, good Counterman, and accurate Dispenser essential. 1976 J. Lewallen ii. 46 They write large, sprawl letters, have difficulty..with connecting letters, and, in general, are messy writers. 2008 E. Van Kleek iv. 43 The older grades..were expected to improve their handwriting... I set a good example as I was a beautiful writer. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > signboard > [noun] > sign-writer 1837 J. Badcock in N. Whittock et al. 360 The Sign Painter, however, or writer, is a journeyman or master solus. 1854 W. Sutherland 21 Sign writing is a mere mechanical art;..the writer is bound down to certain set forms, and to a constant repetition of those forms. 1916 vii. 54 These brushes may sometimes be bought, although, more often, the writer may prefer to cut them to his fancy. 1921 15 Dec. 187/1 The brush letter illustrated in this lesson is used extensively by card writers for quick knockout work. 1953 B. Hearn ii. 28 The ability to guide the brush in any direction with absolute sureness being one of the first requisites of a good writer. 1998 L. Yeo ii. 14 I could hold my own as a lettering artist and often moonlighted as a showcard writer when the sales were on. 1974 N. Mailer A couple of writers have even done masterpieces to honor a master from another ghetto. 1980 19 Oct. (Mag. section) 54/3 Judges..had little interest in graffitists... Most writers caught in the act were not even formally booked. 1996 N. Guevara in W. E. Perkins i. ii. 60 Art in the hands of subway writers becomes a tool of public expression in the subversion of top-down cultural programming. 2008 C. Lewisohn 38 Zephyr was..part of the original school of New York train writers. 2011 J. Rollins iii. 35 The biggest graffiti gang was out of north-London, with the most talented and daring writers. 2. society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > professional writer eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) Pref. 9 Siððan min on Englisc Ælfred kyning awende worda gehwelc, and me his writerum sende suð & norð. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. viii. 52 Anastasius.., se wæs writere [L. notarius] in þissere halgan Romane cyrican. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xiii. 481 Iubiter..disposiþ to liȝter craftis, for he makeþ men able to be pleters, chaungers, handillers of siluer, writers, and oþir suche. a1475 in A. Clark (1905) i. 141 Walter scriptor oþerwise writer of þe abbei of Gloucetur. 1563 J. Foxe 958/1 You haue Wryters and Notaries here presente. By all likelyhoode oure disputations shall be published. 1607 J. Cowell sig. Cccc3v/1 Writer of the talies..is an officer in the Exchequer. 1708 J. Chamberlayne (ed. 22) 734 William Douglass.., Writer to the Privy Seal. 1770 J. Cook II. iii. 21 Men in a high station of life..were well acquainted but with those immediately under them, by their clerks and writers. 1878 27 July 7/3 In London..a preliminary meeting was held of writers employed in various Government offices. 1917 4 Sept. 4/4 This clerk was a junior writer in receipt of a yearly salary of less than one hundred pounds. 1995 12 June (Business section) 10/2 The Navy trains its writers to turn their hands to a variety of tasks, including general administration, secretarial practice, personnel records, cash accounting, typing and word processing. society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > interpreter, scribe > [noun] OE (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 4 Þa gegaderode Herodes ealle ealdras þæra sacerda & folces writeras [L. scribas populi]. OE Ælfric (Laud) 46 Esdras se writere awrat ane boc, hu þæt folc com ongean fram Chaldea lande to Iudea lande. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 247 Esdras, the writere, come doun wiþ þe kynges lettres. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Jer. xxxvi. 32 Jeremye took an other book, and ȝaf it to Baruc, the writer. 1568 1. Chron. ii. 55 The kinredes of the wryters dwelt at Iabes. 1623 J. Weemes i. vi. 188 In other affaires they had their Scribes and Writers,..these Iudges 5. 14. by a poeticall description are described trahentes stylo scribæ, drawing the Pen of a Scribe. 1682 tr. R. Simon i. ii. 19 We shall distinguish in the Five Books of the Law, what has been writ by Moses, from what has been writ by these Prophets or publick Writers. 1882 C. H. Toy (1884) xxiv. 120 The writers or scribes were commonly men learned in the ritual code, and so the word ‘scribe’ came naturally to signify a learned legalist or lawyer. 1953 C. H. Crock 14 The Scribes or Writers chosen from the priests or Levites. society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent > attorney 1498 in G. Neilson & H. Paton (1918) II. 267 [The Lords ordain John, Lord Cathcart, to pay to James Monynet,] writare, [34 bolls of oats at 8 s. the boll, conform to his bond produced]. 1540 in (2007) 1540/12/18 Excepte thame that ar writtaris, notaris and scribis in oure soverane lordis courtis of justice. 1565–6 in J. H. Burton (1877) 1st Ser. I. 417 We haif subscrivit thir presentis..befoir thir witnessis, Alexander Hay, writtar, [and] Williame Dowglas. a1617 J. Melville (1827) 324 He maid the haill subiectis to trimble vnder him,..vexing the haill wreters and lawers to mak sur his giftis and conkissis. 1756 Dec. 624/1 His trial came on before the Sheriff-depute... The libel was at the instance of Mr Alexander Wood writer in Perth. 1825 236 A boy brought up with a country writer, who knows little or nothing of law.., quite unacquainted, as he must be, with..the various writs that pass the king's seal. 1862 J. Lorimer (ed. 2) iii. iv. 456 Writers, in provincial towns, act not only as procurators before the Sheriff Court, but generally as agents and factors in the conduct of private affairs. 1915 V. Jacob 17 Cousins, gie's a pen, Awa' an' bring the writer ben, What I hae spent wi' sinfu' men I weel regret it. 2012 J. Finlay vi. 164 William Henry, indentured as Mackenzie's apprentice in 1744, went on to practise as an ordinary writer in Edinburgh. society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent > writer to signet 1594 in (1890) 230 Quhatsumevir writtare obeyis nocht his lordschipis depute keipare of the signet. 1683 J. Dalrymple I. 37 If the Servant of any Writer to the Signet, shall Adhibite his Masters Subscription to a Bill of Suspension, or other Bill used to be drawn by Writers,..they will..punish these Persons as falsaries. 1711 J. Spotiswood p. lxxxvi The Society, in their general Meetings, can suspend, or depose a Writer upon, good grounds. 1817 Acct. Emolum. Certain Offices Scotl. 10 in (H.L. 74) LXXXVI. 231 The other Class of Fees consists of those payable by Writers to the Signet on their Admission... During these Three Years 48 Writers have been admitted. 1935 Aug. 322/2 The [Signet] library..has become famous..for the care and money that the Writers have lavished upon it. society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > resident abroad > employees of East India Company 1675–6 in J. Bruce (1810) II. 374 And having served those two yeares, to be entertayned, one yeare longer, as Writers, and have Writers' sallary. 1696 J. Ovington 390 The Senior and Junior Factors, the Writers and Apprentices..remain in their various Stations, for three or five Years, or as many as they and the Company have agreed upon at their first coming out. 1774 12 Apr. I have known a 1000l. offered for the Appointment of a Writer to Bengal, of which Twenty at an average are sent every Year. 1809 22 Apr. 578 These Writers are clerks, sent out to India,..where they collect taxes from the people. 1837 18 May Writers sent out to India should be not under twenty-two years of age. 2018 P. Farmer in M. Finn & K. Smith v. xvii. 371 Nine writers were appointed to the Bombay residency in 1763 according to EIC records. society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > one who insures someone else > underwriter 1816 15 Apr. To impose on the goods introduced a duty which may counterbalance the premium of the insurance-writers. 1897 203/2 He has made an unprecedented success, being recognized as one of the largest personal writers of insurance in this section of the country. 1921 Aug. 581/1 The Atlas Assurance recently took over the business of the Atlas National, an automobile writer, which is retiring from business. 1991 27 July 13/2 By 1979, GIG [i.e. the Grain Insurance and Guarantee Company]..had become a significant writer of insurance for retail stores and churches across Canada. 2007 31 July a4/2 Ohio has more companies writing private passenger car insurance..and more homeowner insurance writers than every state but Illinois. society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > type of 1906 24 Mar. 11/2 Option writers sell puts and calls on it..for periods of one week. 1922 4 Feb. 489/1 Thirty-day options are usually sold for $137.50. The broker charges a commission to the writer of the option of $12.50. 1967 13 May 158/1 A writer can make 15% on his invested capital simply by writing one-year calls. 1979 (Nexis) 23 Apr. A put writer is obligated to purchase the stock regardless of how far the market price falls below the exercise price. 1986 (Nexis) 3 Nov. 3 If the market stays flat, the call would expire unused, and the call writer would profit from the premium income. 1993 16 July 9/1 As the price goes up, the chances that the option writers must deliver gold increase, so they have to buy more gold. 2014 P. Brandimarte ii. iii. 197 If the stock price rockets up, the option holder will exercise, and the writer will have to buy the underlying asset at a high price. 3. society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] OE Ælfric (Julius) (1900) II. 218 Sulpicius hatte sum [snoter] writere, ðe wolde awritan þa wundra and mihta þe Martinus..gefremode on þisre worulde, and he wrat þa be him þa ðing þe he ofaxode. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (Bodl.) (2009) I. xviii. 280 Hit..gebyrede þurh þa heardsælþa þara writera þæt hi for heora slæwðe..forleton unwriten þara monna ðeawas and hiora dæda. c1225 (?c1200) (Royal) (1934) 5 Ant ich biȝet hit i-writen of þe writeres þa, al hire passiun. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 21196 Lucas was..O þe apostols dedis writer. 1548 W. Patten sig. A.viiiv Writers vppon exposicion of dreams..do make .ii. special kind of dreams. 1635 R. Bernard viii. 113 The sayings of some famous writers are so pertinent and pregnant. 1697 W. Cockburn 6 The Rules and Advices which Writers in Medicine have given us in this matter. 1728 E. Chambers at Music The most antient Writer of music,..was Lasus Hermionensis. 1836 C. Dickens 1st Ser. II. 114 A writer of fashionable novels. 1861 Ld. Brougham (ed. 2) xv. 219 It has been remarked by writers on our Constitutional History. 1896 H. James 244 Ray Limbert—not much of a writer but a practical man. 1907 G. Saintsbury vi. 290 As a creator of characters he was probably unsurpassed by any European writer of his generation. 1958 10 Sept. 113/1 Ray Bradbury, dean of the sci-fi writers, is prepping a series for..Bryna Productions. 1979 S. Macdonald in H. S. A. Fox & R. A. Butlin 10 He was an avid writer—no fewer than 250 letters from Culley to John..survive from the period. 1987 A. Lyons vii. 63 Talk to Matthew Dart, the writer on the movie. 1992 S. A. Edwards & R. W. Maloy ii. v. 98 More frequent writers..possess greater ease in communicating their thoughts on paper. 2005 P. Froelich ii. 69 She has a three-book contract with a major publishing house and is an internationally best-selling writer. society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > the writings of an author 1532 T. Berthelet in Ep. Ded. sig. aa.iiv Let hym resorte to this worthy olde wryter Iohnn Gower. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser July f. 29v The word is borrowed of the French, & vsed in good writers. 1605 W. Camden i. 2 Let therefore these few lines..suffice, out of an antient Writer. 1797 May 22 Few..who have examined the best writers on typhus fever..will agree with Dr. Clarke. 1859 A. Helps New Ser. II. 96 I saw the other day in an American writer a humorous account. 1910 T. Wright ii. 16 He was..deeply versed in such writers as Orosius. 2004 D. Jensen 209 Most people, to be honest about it, don't read these writers. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus sig. Eii Famous feates, which with the style of so many eloquent writers are extolled vp to heauen. 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes sig. xx.iii Lysias, a man not exercised in pleading causes at the barre, but a notable fine and excellent writer. 1643 tr. J. H. Alsted 10 That eloquent and fluent writer worthy to be compared with Cicero. 1726 J. Freind II. 124 He is a very clear writer, succinct, and at the same time very comprehensive. 1818 July 53/1 Some very able writer, a master in flexibility of mind and command of language. 1914 G. W. Morrison viii. 61 They possessed the knack of composition and were what Bobby Hargrew called ‘fluid writers’. 1944 R. Graves & A. Hodge i. xiii. 194 Officials who wish to be portentous for reasons of policy, are, in general, the most verbose writers of to-day. 2006 L. Monroe xii. 178 Just their names and where they were from... No one could accuse my dad of being a flowery writer. society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > reporter 1717 9 Nov. 58/2 He then was in Pay of Twelve Shillings per Week for such Services by a Saturday's Journal Writer. 1815 6 May 557 The object of the Times writer was to make it be believed, that the Declaration..would not occasion any new disaster. 1868 Aug. 418/2 To invoke the Muses in the most classical style before describing a dog-fight..is nothing to a writer for the Telegraph. 1938 28 Oct. 8/7 A subtle but important distinction..over which many Fleet-street writers have rashly blundered. 1971 29 Aug. 21/4 The resulting album was sent to radio stations and music writers. 2013 C. Scott-Clark & A. Levy viii. 210 Another friend, a writer at The Times of India, texted back better news. society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > one who is writing society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writer of present work OE Ælfric (Julius) (1900) II. 288 Oþre menn on Martines naman wundra gefremodon, swa swa se writere sæde, þæt sum hund [etc.]. OE Byrhtferð (Ashm.) (1995) iii. ii. 142 Nu togeare, þa Brihtferð writere þis awrat, synd feowertyne epactas. a1475 J. Fortescue (Laud) (1885) 124 (MED) Such off the said extraordinarie charges, as the writer hereoff can now remenbr, be theis. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1595) sig. C2v Such were..Moses and Debora in theyr Hymnes, and the writer of Iob. 1623 R. Jobson 8 It pleased them to imploy mee the present wrighter. 1676 M. Hale Pref. sig. A4 It is not unusual for Learned men even from the very stile and genius of writings to discover the writers. 1789 C. O'Brien I. sig. B3v The Writer ventures to say, that however excellently a Drawer can copy nature,..his utility is very limited. 1796 J. Donaldson IV. xxxii. 241 The writers of the report above quoted may..be trusted. 1812 J. Evans App. 39 These Letters..should not have been published without the permission of the writer. 1879 E. Arber 193 The present Writer's belief on this subject. 1920 T. Čapek iii. 33 The article is obviously a reprint from the German... The Čechs, the writer argues,..will be surprised to find America at their own threshold. 1966 Apr. 78 The whole epistle has a note of fear and urgency about it which shows the emotional state of the writer. 1979 W. E. Godfrey 8/2 The writer wishes to thank the many people who so kindly furnished data. 2015 F. English & T. Marr i. i. 20 The writer of the email was a former student. society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] 1688 T. Salmon 31 Those Notes..are now wont (by Writers of Musick) to be expressed by the initial Letters of these names, A, B, C, D, E, F, G. 1782 C. Burney II. 567 Written Discant, which is..practised in Italy, by all writers for the Church. 1889 J. Ruskin III. iv. 161 [Corelli] the simplest and purest writer of Italian melody. 1962 D. Ewen 246 As a writer for the piano he may be said to rank beside Schubert. 2007 M. Rosewall p. xi Pieces written by non-western musicians, and many works of contemporary writers—especially female composers. society > communication > printing > typing > typist > [noun] 1883 J. G. Petrie 15 The printers are accustomed to the writer's style of shortening words. 1906 Feb. 85/1 Rapid writers on the typewriter can record eighty words per minute,..taking dictation direct to the machine. 1960 8 50/1 Keislar identifies two other problems confronting the program writer: (1) Where to begin? (2) What route or sequence to follow? 1967 C. 16 151 We hope, therefore, to receive comments, criticisms and suggestions from anyone who is concerned with statistical computing, whether as program writer, program user, or computer manager. 1996 17 Aug. 21/3 There may be many different sorts of hacker—those who labour under the label prefer to style themselves as crackers, phreakers, virus writers, information activists or plain old experts. 2019 18 Nov. 59/2 The aviation-software writers—do they have the same level of engineering safety culture as regular aviation engineers? II. Something used for writing, and related uses. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > brush > types of 1825 19 Dec. (advt.) Oil and Water Colours, Prepared Canvas and Pannels,..Tools, Fitches, Camel Hair Pencils, Writers. 1868 (Janentzky & Weber) 61 Brushes for fresco, sign and carriage painting. Extra fine ox-hair writers. 1899 ii. 8 The sign painter employs..the point of the lettering brush, or pencil, called also the writer. 1916 Feb. 80/1 The heavy lettering is single stroke brush work, done with a No. 6 red sable writer. 1974 A. Gill in J. Burnett iii. 344 Besides using fine sable-hair writers, the pen was used a great deal for doing small lettering on tickets. society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > that writes in specific way 1873 4th Ser. 12 13/1 Then came rhadiographic pens (easy writers); they had three slits, one at each hip besides the regular slit. 1907 10 Dec. 12/2 These pens..are certainly excellent writers. 1932 12 Nov. 783/3 Among those [nibs] which have found favour..are the ‘Silver Wonder,’ recognised as the world's smoothest writer. 2017 @joleenackerleyx 11 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Sept. 2020) Finding a pen that is a nice writer is a real struggle. 10. 1888 W. Stirling lv. 242 It is usual to use a pen-writer charged with a solution of aniline to which a little glycerin is added to make it flow freely. 1960 30 July 27/2 The Heidelberg Receiver provides sockets for the connection of a suitable graph writer which enables the variations in the pH value, due to various test drinks or meals which the patient is given (also possibly injections), to be recorded continuously. 2006 140 744/1 Field potentials were traced by an ink-writer and recorded by a digital oscilloscope. 1992 15 Apr. 50/1 Not everyone producing CD-ROM applications will want or need a CD-ROM writer. 2005 May 64/3 If..you'd like a DVD writer to connect up to a laptop, don't be disheartened. LG has released an external USB 2 version that promises big things. 2014 (Nexis) 18 Feb. The remote interface also includes a memory card writer which records the individual's identification code and the address of the file server on a memory card. Phrasessociety > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writer-in-residence 1946 6 319 Nolan Miller's..short stories appear frequently in Colliers, The Atlantic Monthly, and other magazines. He is writer-in-residence at Antioch College. 1957 J. D. Salinger Zooey in 4 May 33/3 The second-eldest child, Buddy, was what is known in campus-catalog parlance as ‘writer-in-residence’. 1977 9 Aug. 19/1 Novelist Jack Trevor Story..introducing himself as writer in residence at the new town of Milton Keynes, charged with ‘encouraging working-class writers’. 1995 8 Feb. 19/1 She is the finest playwright to have emerged in the 1990s..and currently writer-in-residence at the Royal Court. 2014 R. R. Russell (2016) p. xiii Before coming to Queen's.., he was Creative Writing Fellow at the University of East Anglia and writer-in-residence at University College, Cork. society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent > writer to signet 1488 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 89 Item, to the writaris of the singnet, at the Kingis commande, ij vnicornis, xxxvj s. a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers (1959) 110 To this office ar belonging iiij clerkes, sufficiaunt writers of the kinges signet vnder the seid secretary. 1512 in T. Dickson (1877) IV. 358 To Maister James Dowglas and Alexander Clerk, writaris to the Signet, for thair labouris for writing of the Kingis lettrez. 1535 in (2007) 1535/51 The kepis of the signet sall ansuer na lettres for calling of ony personis and partiis to sik particular diettis bot gif the samin be subscrivit with the clerk writar to the signet and justice clerk or his depute. 1621 G. Hay f. 5 The whole Advocates, Clerks of the Session, Writers to the Signet, Privie and Great Seales, and other members of the Colledge of Justice, to contribute to the sayde Taxations. 1681 J. Dalrymple 3 Processes are brought in before the Lords..by ordinary Summons, which were drawn up by the Writers to the Signet. 1708 J. Chamberlayne (ed. 22) 501 There is at present about One hundred ordinary Writers to the Signet. 1754 59 The twelve preceeding pages, wrote on stamped paper, by John Gray, Clerk to John Dickie Writer to his Majesty's Signet. 1881 29 Dec. 2/1 A writer to the signet..is the highest grade and finest flower of the profession of solicitor, as practised in Scotland. 1949 15 Mar. 4/5 He was a lawyer, and a Writer to the Signet at that. 2007 A. McCall Smith xvii. 206 WS stood for..Writer to the Signet, which meant that Simon was a member of that august legal society with its splendid library..in the very heart of Edinburgh. Compounds C1. Compounds with writer. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > one who commends or praises > in writing ?1576 A. Hall sig. G.v The writer out of the Copyes of Billes is set a worke. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius 501 Eclogarius,..a gatherer or writer down of such things in a summarie. 1640 J. Parkinson ii. xxi. 204 Sistit alvum, is the word in the generall Copie, which yet some would impute to be the errour of the Writer out thereof. 1839 20 Dec. The writers up of Corn Law agitation be absolute fools. 1841 W. Howitt xxiv. 483 The writer-down must note this by the addition of the two letters B.A. 1872 P. Simpel vii. 35 An appropriation to themselves on the part of the writers off, of the property of the Company. 1949 H. Williams (1951) v. iv. 296 He..became a great traveller and writer-up of his experiences. 2014 (Nexis) 15 Oct. 18 If you are a jotter, a writer-down or a listener, you are welcome. 1617 in M. Wood (1931) VI. 381 In James Wynrahame his writter buith foiranent the croce. 1648 in (1951) 30 153 [Gavin Burnet writer's fee for] learning him the wrytter craft. 1817 W. Scott II. v. 110 I have just arrested her jurisdictiones fandandy causey. Thae are bonny writer words. 1876 W. C. Bryant ii. 85 A Lower class of Clerks..composed, like the Writer class, of the two grades Boy and Man. 1926 C. C. Sherlock xiii. 154 In the books, in the quiet of our study, we can come to know the writer-mind better than it knows itself. 1952 22 Aug. 488/2 ‘It is true of many writers,’ Harry said in his writer-voice. 2005 L. Weatherly (2006) Acknowledgem. Thanks..to my husband, for..listening patiently to endless writer-angst, and offering calm, constant support. 1686 in J. Lauder (1759) I. 401 Some Writer lads were also accessory. 1751 55 Tho' this writer-man doth, I hope the nobility and gentry have more manners than to upbraid the clergy. 1786 R. Burns 209 Ferguson, the writer-chiel,..thy glorious parts, Ill-suited law's dry, musty arts! 1828 23 Sept. This writer chap..forgets that the Constitution..is too serious a concern to be made the subject of wanton experiment. 1846 J. Grant I. xiv. 247 A pleasant smooth-spoken gentleman, as a' Edinburgh writer-folk are. 1885 28 Mar. 2/4 ‘Tut, tut,’ said the clerk to the janitor, ‘I didn't ring, 'twas that writer fellow.’ 1894 27 Nov. 2/5 The deft fingers of the celebrated writer-actor is seen in the skillful arrangement of characters. 1921 J. Abbott xiv. 153 Three nights last week the minister had supper with the writer-woman. 1976 14 Oct. c10/7 Someday I'm going to be a writer-producer and you're gonna work for me. 2011 25 June (Sat. Review section) 36/4 A brilliant comic creation dreamt up by the writer-director Jared Hess. C2. Compounds with writer's or writers'. society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [noun] > inspiration > lack of 1948 E. Bergler in 5 252 The writer seeks analytical help mainly for one reason: ‘writers' block’... Behind this..there is hidden..the tragedy of non-productiveness, of literary sterility. 1975 M. Bradbury x. 169 This book..has decidedly not gone well. I've had what they call writer's block. The words won't come. 2000 18 June 24/3 She's currently suffering from writer's block as her deadline approaches. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > disease characterized by 1842 Periscope July in 37 202 We wish to allude to a few circumstances connected with what has been called by some ‘the writers' cramp’. 1923 29 Sept. 243/2 (advt.) This interruption, consciously or unconsciously, hampers the flow of thought, tires the hand, and may even cause writers' cramp. 1990 B. Bryson viii. 126 It seems curious indeed that people were not driven to more compact spellings by writer's cramp if not by urgency. 2010 20 Apr. 15/3 A golfer's ‘yips’ are not down to the pressure of a crucial putt but are caused instead by a movement disorder similar to writer's cramp, according to a study by neurologists. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > disease characterized by 1860 1 Dec. 532/2 The following is a case of what is commonly called ‘writer's palsy’. The fact however is..that the condition is one of spasm. 1905 39 520 He [sc. John Quincy Adams] wrote slowly, and, owing to a steadily increasing tremor of the hand, probably writer's palsy, with great difficulty. 1974 24 Aug. (Sat. Review) 9/3 Is it because our good young [chess] players tend to write too much..? Do they in consequence suffer from a sort of writers' palsy? the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > disease characterized by 1853 W. J. Little 185 (running title) Writer's paralysis. 1921 Oct. 350/1 I'm glad that one can't get writer's paralysis from pounding a typewriter. 1970 15 106/2 Twenty-four steel penholders are returned to Washington with a plea for felt replacements; the former had caused ‘writers paralysis’. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > concretion > sandy or granular substance 1660 R. Read xii. 249 Take Vitriol half a pound, Gals beaten two ounces, sharpest Vinegar one measure,..then add filings of Iron one measure, Writers Sand a third part. 1762 J. Eliot 3 A singular Sort of Sand, called scouring Sand..: It is also more extensively known by the Name of Writer's Sand, much used by Merchants and Printers. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. VII. 479 Such granulations vary in size from the finest ‘writer's sand’ (‘tuberculous dust’) to confluent groups of an eighth of an inch in diameter. 1998 T. Lee i. iii. 57 A handful of the ink-stanching writer's sand. society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writer appealing to fellow-writers 1880 18 Dec. 3/3 Flaubert was emphatically a writer's writer, one whose originality of thought, and whose wonderfully artistic execution were far better appreciated by those whose calling it is..to write than by the general public. 1951 15 Apr. 3/2 She [sc. Ivy Compton-Burnett] is in the first place ‘a writers' writer’, because she is fascinated by words and phrases as such. 2006 M. A. Wollaeger i. 42 Today we think of Conrad as a difficult novelist,..whose uneven works strain against novelistic conventions, a writer's writer. 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