writing mastern.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪtɪŋ ˌmɑːstə/,

/ˈrʌɪtɪŋ ˌmastə/, U.S.

/ˈraɪdɪŋ ˌmæstər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: writing n., master n.¹

Etymology: < writing n. + master n.¹

1. A male teacher of or instructor in handwriting. Now chiefly historical.

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society > communication > writing > study or science of written symbols > [noun] > teacher of calligraphy

writing master1582

writing school master1590

scrivener1608

scribe1696

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xi. 57 Because it shalbe good for the writing master, to haue tables in store,..I will set him down..tables..for the greke and hebrew.

1655 J. Davies Refl. Des Cartes's Disc. ii. 31 Those hardy dashes and circumvolutions, and the cadences of the Pen, wherewith Writing-masters do incircle the Copies they give to their Scholars.

1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 12 Nov. (1948) I. 93 That's a common caution that writing masters give their scholars.

1812 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. vi. 182 ‘Patience is a virtue,’ was my writing-master's favourite copy.

1938 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 20 May 6/3 Have any schools writing-masters nowadays, as they had at one time?

2012 L. Potter Life W. Shakespeare i. 9 Reading and writing were taught separately, with a writing master who worked with individual students.

2. The yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella, the eggs of which are whitish in colour with dark markings thought to resemble scribbles of ink.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Emberiza > emberiza citrinella (yellow-hammer)

yellowhammer1538

yellow ham1544

yowlring1544

goldhammer1611

yellow-pate1612

yellow ambird1657

yorling1679

yoldring1699

goldspink1785

yowley1797

yite1812

devil's bird1837

writing master1840

ammer1843

goldie1865

1840 Child's Compan. July 194 I had, at least, a dozen bents of grass drawn through the blue eggs of the hedge sparrow, the speckled eggs of the pie-finch, and the scrawled eggs of the yellow hammer, which we used to call the writing master.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 490 ‘I know to a Writin'-maister's nist ŏŏth five young uns in it,’ said a Hanwood boy.

1937 National Rev. May 654 The pale eggs with their hieroglyphics of the yellowhammer, or as we call it, the writing-master.

1992 J. P. Guest et al. Breeding Bird Atlas Cheshire & Wirral 289/2 A number of local dialect names, such as ‘Scribbling Bunting’ or ‘Writing Master’ refer to the dark squiggles on typical eggs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	writing master
释义	writing mastern. Brit. /ˈrʌɪtɪŋ ˌmɑːstə/, /ˈrʌɪtɪŋ ˌmastə/, U.S. /ˈraɪdɪŋ ˌmæstər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: writing n., master n.¹ Etymology: < writing n. + master n.¹ 1. A male teacher of or instructor in handwriting. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > study or science of written symbols > [noun] > teacher of calligraphy writing master1582 writing school master1590 scrivener1608 scribe1696 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xi. 57 Because it shalbe good for the writing master, to haue tables in store,..I will set him down..tables..for the greke and hebrew. 1655 J. Davies Refl. Des Cartes's Disc. ii. 31 Those hardy dashes and circumvolutions, and the cadences of the Pen, wherewith Writing-masters do incircle the Copies they give to their Scholars. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 12 Nov. (1948) I. 93 That's a common caution that writing masters give their scholars. 1812 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. vi. 182 ‘Patience is a virtue,’ was my writing-master's favourite copy. 1938 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 20 May 6/3 Have any schools writing-masters nowadays, as they had at one time? 2012 L. Potter Life W. Shakespeare i. 9 Reading and writing were taught separately, with a writing master who worked with individual students. 2. The yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella, the eggs of which are whitish in colour with dark markings thought to resemble scribbles of ink. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Emberiza > emberiza citrinella (yellow-hammer) yellowhammer1538 yellow ham1544 yowlring1544 goldhammer1611 yellow-pate1612 yellow ambird1657 yorling1679 yoldring1699 goldspink1785 yowley1797 yite1812 devil's bird1837 writing master1840 ammer1843 goldie1865 1840 Child's Compan. July 194 I had, at least, a dozen bents of grass drawn through the blue eggs of the hedge sparrow, the speckled eggs of the pie-finch, and the scrawled eggs of the yellow hammer, which we used to call the writing master. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 490 ‘I know to a Writin'-maister's nist ŏŏth five young uns in it,’ said a Hanwood boy. 1937 National Rev. May 654 The pale eggs with their hieroglyphics of the yellowhammer, or as we call it, the writing-master. 1992 J. P. Guest et al. Breeding Bird Atlas Cheshire & Wirral 289/2 A number of local dialect names, such as ‘Scribbling Bunting’ or ‘Writing Master’ refer to the dark squiggles on typical eggs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1582
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