grass handn.

Brit.

/ˈɡrɑːs hand/,

/ˈɡras hand/, U.S.

/ˈɡræs ˌhænd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, hand n.

Etymology: < grass n.¹ + hand n.In sense 2 after Chinese cǎoshū ( < cǎo (noun) grass, cursive style of calligraphy, (adjective) careless, draft + shū script). The use ofcǎo grass to denote a style of writing goes back to Classical Chinese; the semantic motivation is not entirely clear.

1. British Printing slang. A compositor employed on a casual or temporary basis. Cf. grass n.¹ 11, grass cutter n. 3. Now historical.

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society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > others

hydrographya1657

hierography1731

pasigraphy1796

scoteography1804

scriptio continua1845

grass hand1850

palaeotype1867

pneumatography1876

pasigraphic1947

abugida1990

society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor > temporary

grass hand1850

grass cutter1853

sub1854

substitute1855

1850 J. Munsell Typographical Misc. 190 There are also eight or ten grass hands, or as they are called in this country [sc. the United States] subs, who take the places of regular compositors when they are absent.

1908 Kentish Mercury 7 Aug. 8/6 Compositors.—‘Grass’ hands. Wanted on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

2007 J. White London in 19th Cent. iii. viii. 234 Printers were notorious for their casual fringe of ‘grass hands’ degraded by drink, who would work just for the price of the next binge.

2. An irregular cursive style of Chinese and (later) Japanese handwriting, originally used by clerks as a quick method of writing, and later more widely in business and private use. Also more fully grass hand script.

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1853 H. N. Humphreys Origin & Progress Art of Writing iv. 33 The Chinese distinguish some of their styles, as the ‘running-hand’, that is, the most cursive; one rather less so is termed the ‘walking-hand’; a third is known as the ‘grass-hand’.

1873 R. G. Watson in Rep. Secretaries of Embassy & Legation Manuf., Commerce: Pt. I (1874) 37 in Parl. Papers (C. 1014) LXV. 1 Copy-books in the square character mixed with ‘Katakana’, and in the grass hand with ‘Hiragana’..are to be given.

1957 Ars Orientalis 2 464/2 Beyond this seal comes a poem by Yang Wei-chên..written in a large and powerful grass hand.

2017 D. Harper China (ed. 4) 55 Grasshand script approaches the abstract in the fluid scrawl of its form.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grass hand
释义	grass handn. Brit. /ˈɡrɑːs hand/, /ˈɡras hand/, U.S. /ˈɡræs ˌhænd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, hand n. Etymology: < grass n.¹ + hand n.In sense 2 after Chinese cǎoshū ( < cǎo (noun) grass, cursive style of calligraphy, (adjective) careless, draft + shū script). The use ofcǎo grass to denote a style of writing goes back to Classical Chinese; the semantic motivation is not entirely clear. 1. British Printing slang. A compositor employed on a casual or temporary basis. Cf. grass n.¹ 11, grass cutter n. 3. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > others hydrographya1657 hierography1731 pasigraphy1796 scoteography1804 scriptio continua1845 grass hand1850 palaeotype1867 pneumatography1876 pasigraphic1947 abugida1990 society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor > temporary grass hand1850 grass cutter1853 sub1854 substitute1855 1850 J. Munsell Typographical Misc. 190 There are also eight or ten grass hands, or as they are called in this country [sc. the United States] subs, who take the places of regular compositors when they are absent. 1908 Kentish Mercury 7 Aug. 8/6 Compositors.—‘Grass’ hands. Wanted on Wednesdays and Thursdays. 2007 J. White London in 19th Cent. iii. viii. 234 Printers were notorious for their casual fringe of ‘grass hands’ degraded by drink, who would work just for the price of the next binge. 2. An irregular cursive style of Chinese and (later) Japanese handwriting, originally used by clerks as a quick method of writing, and later more widely in business and private use. Also more fully grass hand script. ΚΠ 1853 H. N. Humphreys Origin & Progress Art of Writing iv. 33 The Chinese distinguish some of their styles, as the ‘running-hand’, that is, the most cursive; one rather less so is termed the ‘walking-hand’; a third is known as the ‘grass-hand’. 1873 R. G. Watson in Rep. Secretaries of Embassy & Legation Manuf., Commerce: Pt. I (1874) 37 in Parl. Papers (C. 1014) LXV. 1 Copy-books in the square character mixed with ‘Katakana’, and in the grass hand with ‘Hiragana’..are to be given. 1957 Ars Orientalis 2 464/2 Beyond this seal comes a poem by Yang Wei-chên..written in a large and powerful grass hand. 2017 D. Harper China (ed. 4) 55 Grasshand script approaches the abstract in the fluid scrawl of its form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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