running hand
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Noun (1)
- rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paperSynonyms: longhandcursivecursive scriptType of handwriting, handKinds italic, round hand, minuscule, copperplate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Running hand
a style of rapid writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; — distinguished from round hand.
From the entry Running.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54