Definitions for: Handwriting


[n] the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis"
[n] something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"



Webster (1913) Definition: Hand"writ`ing, n.
1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or
person; chirography.

2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.

The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of
disaster. --Dan. v. 5.

Synonyms: hand, script

See Also: cacography, calligraphy, committal to writing, cursive, longhand, penmanship, running hand, scratch, scrawl, scribble, shorthand, stenography, stenography, subscription, writing, writing

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