▪ I. chirography
(kaɪˈrɒgrəfɪ)
Also 7 cheir-.
[f. same Gr. elements as chirograph, on analogy of geography and the like.]
Handwriting; (own) handwriting, autograph (obs.); style or character of writing.
| 1654 L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 169 It was..assured him that it must be the cheirography of the Lord Lowden, whereupon he was committed to the Tower. 1846 Prescott Ferd. & Is. II. ii. vi. 381 Beautifully executed as to their chirography. 1882 Pall Mall G. 11 Oct. 3 The extraordinary conflict of testimony among experts in chirography. |
▪ II. [chirography
erroneously in Cockeram, etc., for chorography.
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