| 单词 | hand of writ |
| 释义 | > as lemmashand of writ c. hand of write (also hand of writ): handwriting; (also) a person, with regard to the quality of his or her handwriting; cf. write-of-hand at write n. 4b. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] handOE scripturea1400 writing1440 written hand1520 hand write1568 handwriting1571 written hand1580 write1591 calligraphy1645 penmanship1695 hand of write1700 manuscript1771 autography1787 calography1803 calligraph1831 script1834 chirography1838 scription1846 hand lettering1864 back-hand1885 1700 in J. M. Beale Hist. Burgh & Parochial Schools Fife (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1953) 226 He..had not a good hand of write. 1760 Aberdeen Jrnl. 11 Aug. A Young Man with a good Hand of Write, that understands Book-keeping and Arithmetic, and inclines to serve as a Clerk. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xv. 317 Div ye think naebody can read hand o' writ but yoursel? 1858 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 2) iv. 58 I am not a good hand of write. 1890 R. L. Stevenson Vailima Lett. (1895) 14 I request a specimen of your hand of write. 1919 R. Kipling Let. 26 Aug. (1999) IV. iii. 565 In the first place forgive typewriting which is better than my proper hand of write. 2001 J. Stevenson Winter Queen (2002) xii. 288 Your hand of write is so beautiful. < as lemmas |
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