WRITINGS
Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings
(noun) the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
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Noun
writings
plural of writing
Anagrams
• wristing
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WRITING
Writ"ing, n.
1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood,
stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas
which characters and words express, or of communicating them to
others by visible signs.
2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or
letters; as:
(a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement,
or the like.
(b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary
production; a book; as, the writings of Addison.
(c) An inscription.
And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of
Nazareth, the King of the Jews. John xix. 19.
3. Handwriting; chirography. Writing book, a book for practice in
penmanship.
– Writing desk, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a
case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner.
– Writing lark (Zoöl.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called
from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. [Prov. Eng.] -- Writing
machine. Same as Typewriter.
– Writing master, one who teaches the art of penmanship.
– Writing obligatory (Law), a bond.
– Writing paper, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually
finished with a smooth surface, and sized.
– Writing school, a school for instruction in penmanship.
– Writing table, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
WRITE
Write, v. t. [imp. Wrote; p. p. Written; Archaic imp. & p. p. Writ;
p. pr. & vb. n. Writing.] Etym: [OE. writen, AS. writan; originally,
to scratch, to score; akin to OS. writan to write, to tear, to wound,
D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. rizan, Icel. rita to
write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. Race tribe, lineage.]
1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of
meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to
write the characters called letters; to write figures.
2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible
characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of
divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to
communicate by letter.
Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves.
Shak.
I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved. Prior.
3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King
James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still
living. Macaulay.
4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on
the heart.
5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written
testimony; -- often used reflexively.
He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter,
who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain
to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine.
Milton.
To write to, to communicate by a written document to.
– Written laws, laws deriving their force from express legislative
enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See
the Note under Law, and Common law, under Common, a.
Write, v. i.
1. To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of
sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.
Chaucer.
So it stead you, I will write, Please you command. Shak.
2. To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or
accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of
the public offices.
3. To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to
play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
They can write up to the dignity and character of the authors.
Felton.
4. To compose or send letters.
He wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry
concerning their freedom. 1 Esdras iv. 49.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition