单词 | handwriting |
释义 | handwritingn. 1. a. The action or practice of writing by hand; writing done by hand.In early use frequently in own handwriting. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > own handwriting handwriting1421 autography1644 chirography1655 autograph1817 holography1827 autogram1862 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 1421 in G. W. Kitchin Rec. N. Convocation (1907) 168 (MED) Errors ye whilk ye same frer Thomae confessed and knalegid be mouth and also be his awne hand writyng. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 199 Versis off his awin hand vryting. 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste iii. ii. f. 113 Leauing then to speak more of the commodities of printyng, descende we to the next, the practise of hand writing. 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 199 A young man that could artificially counterfeit all manner of hand writing. 1682 J. Collins Let. 16 May in I. Newton Corr. (1960) II. 377 It may be conceiv'd yt ye Governors..would be willing to admit a person..to improve ye Boys in their hand-writing, Draughts & Latin Tongue. 1754 Rep. Cases Chancery (ed. 3) II. 175 [She] did not put her seal, nor say her name was of her hand-writing. 1843 Phytologist 1 491 The handwriting is in an old style. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan viii. 303 George was a bearcat at forging handwriting. 1955 P. Rudland From Scribble to Script 6 A comparatively recent innovation in the teaching of handwriting is what is known as print-script. 2001 Harper's Mag. Jan. 34/2 It is almost the only handwriting I do now, aside from writing checks. 2010 Reading Teacher 63 527/1 Typing is preferred to handwriting, and keyboarding is an essential skill. b. A particular form, style, or method of writing by hand; the form or style of writing used by a particular person. Cf. hand n. 16a, writing n. 5a.cramp, joined-up, schoolboy handwriting: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > of individual fista1556 character1569 handwriting1599 paw1628 orthograph1835 MS1843 mauley1851 1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. P Know you his hand-writing if you seete? 1714 I. Newton Let. in Corr. (1976) VI. 86 The original Letter in the hand-writing of Mr Leibnitz was also found in the Archives of the R. Society. 1785 in E. Burke Speech Nabob of Arcot's Private Debts App. 91 (heading) Translation of a Tellinga Letter from Veira Permaul..in his own hand writing. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 211 Senhora, it is a handwriting of the feminine gender—it is penwomanship. 1889 Athenæum 14 Dec. 853/3 By a study of handwritings..Mr. Bradshaw was able to distinguish between manuscripts of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton origin. 1911 T. W. Fulton Sovereignty of Sea i. 49 A series of libels or complaints, which..are in the handwriting of the time of Edward I. 2008 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 17 May 3 Broad sheets filled with his squarish handwriting. c. figurative and in extended use. Now esp.: a distinctive style or identifying feature, esp. of a person's work. Cf. signature n. 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > distinctive feature of remark1660 feature1692 treat1721 handwriting1827 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. vii. 177 I will twist your head round till your eyes look at the drummer's handwriting on your back. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic ii. 10 The optic nerve is the channel by which the mind peruses the handwriting of Nature on the retina. 1862 D. A. Randall Handwriting of God in Egypt, Sinai, & Holy Land I. p. v Here God has left..the handwriting of his power, and the memorials of his mighty wonders. 1886 G. A. Townsend Katy of Catoctin xxxv. 384 John Beall..saw the handwriting of war upon his farm and county. 1908 Mus. Fine Arts Bull. Dec. 52/2 The work of art, in the master's own handwriting, is before us. 1959 Observer 20 Sept. 18/4 A style policy which is recognisably the ‘handwriting of the store’. 2009 I. Garlant in E. Renfrew & C. Renfrew Developing Coll. 97/1 The ethos doesn't really change... The handwriting and the way we work is fairly seamless. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > as opposed to print handwriting1534 manuscript1607 1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Coloss. ii. 14 He..hath put out the handwritinge that was agaynst vs. 1538 tr. Erasmus Prepar. to Deathe sig. Aviiv Christ..hath giuen vs his handwriting of grace whiche he hath sealed with his owne blod. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 155 When hand writing and Epistles passe too and fro in absence and distance. 1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 66 To forge 4 parchment leaves of an olde handwriting. 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos ii. 140 Howbeit they may..set up Their meer Transcriptions [printed Transrriptions], so as to make them sit cheek by chole with the first hand-writings. 1730 E. Erskine Law of Faith from Mt. Zion iii. 95 So long as you cleave to the Law as a Covenant, there is a Hand-writing standing against you before God uncancelled. 1742 Scots Mag. June 478/2 The handwriting again denounced, That luxury is to property, what a plague is to health. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. viii. 14 Adeline took it up, and on opening it perceived an handwriting. Compounds handwriting analysis n. the study and analysis of handwriting, esp. as a means of inferring a person’s character or abilities; an instance of this; cf. graphology n. 1, 2. ΚΠ 1902 Spirit Lake (Iowa) Beacon 5 Dec. ‘Is handwriting analysis an exact science?’ queried the cross-examiner. ‘In some cases it is and in some cases it isn't’ was the exact reply. 1978 Mother Jones Nov. 29/1 ‘If we can't get him to verify the signature,’ Tony said, ‘we'll get a handwriting analysis.’ 1993 Financial Times 19 Nov. 12/4 Companies which use handwriting analysis as part of their recruitment process are wasting their money, a leading psychologist claimed yesterday. 2009 N. Altman Palmistry xvii. 137/2 Many palmists believe that handwriting analysis can be a useful adjunct to palmistry in that it helps determine the true character of the individual. handwriting expert n. an authority on handwriting; a graphologist. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > study or science of written symbols > [noun] > study of handwriting > one who studies handwriting to detect forgery handwriting expert1867 1867 H. H. Robinson vs. T. Mandell et al.: Arguments for Respondents (Circuit Court of U.S.: Mass. District) 137 Our first witness, the most skillful handwriting expert. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 5/1 M. Bertillon, the famous handwriting expert, one of the witnesses at the Dreyfus trial. 1967 G. B. Mair Girl from Peking iv. 52 Our handwriting experts say that they could have been written by the same person. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 25 Sept. 6 The graphologist said that the unusually thick script was referred to by handwriting experts as ‘pasty’ or ‘doughy’ writing. handwriting recognition n. the conversion of handwritten text into electronic text by a computer system; a feature allowing this.Text may be entered into a computer by scanning, or directly input by means of a stylus or touchscreen. ΚΠ 1955 W. M. Locke in R. H. Weinstein Rep. 6th Ann. Round Table Meeting Linguistics & Lang. Teaching 108 Handwriting recognition by machine offers an almost unexplored field so far. 1966 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 129 505 A machine built by IBM for handwriting recognition, in which the input pattern is sampled by a cathode-ray tube-photo-multiplier combination. 1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 July 8/3 Handwriting recognition technology is still in its infancy. The Gridpad computer, which sells for $2,370, can recognize only carefully printed numbers and block-letter capitals, for example. 2005 Stuff Aug. 127/1 As with all tablet PCs, the M2000 features a touchscreen, handwriting recognition and Wi-Fi wireless connectivity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1421 |
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