† about-writingn.

Forms: late Middle English aboute-writing.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; apparently modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: about adv., writing n.

Etymology: < about adv. + writing n., apparently after classical Latin circumscriptiō circumscription n., in its post-classical sense ‘marginal inscription, legend (of a seal)’ (from 1261 in British sources).Quot. c1449 quotes Matthew 22:20 f., where the Vulgate has superscriptio superscription n., and the Greek original ἐπιγραϕή epigraph n.

Obsolete. rare.

An inscription or legend around the head on the face of a coin.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > obverse or reverse of coin > device stamped on > specific

crossc1330

crouch1393

about-writingc1449

half-facea1549

legend1611

mill-rind1642

graining1664

adminicles1728

tressure1745

short-cross1870

long cross1904

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 140 Whos is this ymage and the aboute writing?.. It is the ymage and the aboute writing of Cesar, the Emperour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	about-writing
释义	† about-writingn. Forms: late Middle English aboute-writing. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; apparently modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: about adv., writing n. Etymology: < about adv. + writing n., apparently after classical Latin circumscriptiō circumscription n., in its post-classical sense ‘marginal inscription, legend (of a seal)’ (from 1261 in British sources).Quot. c1449 quotes Matthew 22:20 f., where the Vulgate has superscriptio superscription n., and the Greek original ἐπιγραϕή epigraph n. Obsolete. rare. An inscription or legend around the head on the face of a coin. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > obverse or reverse of coin > device stamped on > specific crossc1330 crouch1393 about-writingc1449 half-facea1549 legend1611 mill-rind1642 graining1664 adminicles1728 tressure1745 short-cross1870 long cross1904 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 140 Whos is this ymage and the aboute writing?.. It is the ymage and the aboute writing of Cesar, the Emperour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1449
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