1.
[syn: handwriting, hand, script]
2. the activity of writing by hand;
- Example: "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Handwriting \Hand"writ`ing\ (-r[imac]t"[i^]ng), n.
1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or
person; chirography.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.
[1913 Webster]
The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of
disaster. --Dan. v. 5.
[1913 Webster] handwritten
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
handwriting
n 1: something written by hand; "she recognized his
handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" [syn: handwriting,
hand, script]
2: the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and
painful for one with arthritis"