† ˈhandwrit Obs.
[f. hand n. + writ: cf. OE. handᵹewr{iacu}t, and handwriting; also Sc. hand of writ: see hand 16 b.]
Handwriting; autograph; signature.
| c 1200 Ormin 13566 Þurrh Moysæsess hande writt. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 390 He demandit thaim gif thay kend thair handwrittis and selis. 1560 in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) III. 397 An assured promise under their hand⁓writs. 1616 W. Haig in J. Russell Haigs vii. (1881) 160 Which he pretends was of my handwrit. 1693 Sc. Presbyt. Eloq. (1738) 116 Deny your own Hand-Write if you dare? |