writing(2) (iou) and in propria persona (iou)

writing(2) (iou)

Writing noun. ME.
[from WRITE verb + -ING1.]
I.
The action, process, or practice of Writing; the occupation of a person who writes; the use of written characters for purposes of record, communication, etc. ME.
A. H. Gardiner Writing is a genuine, though secondary, form of speech. Scientific American The invention of Writing took place in Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C.
The Art or practice of penmanship or handwriting; spec. the characteristic handwriting of a person. LME.
T. S. Eliot You did send me postcards from Zurich; But..I can't decipher your Writing.
Style, form, manner, or method of literary or musical composition. LME.
R. W. Church Easy and unstudied as his Writing seems.
The state or condition of having been written; written form. LME.
Manner of setting down a word etc.; orthography. E16-E18.
II.
That which is (recorded) in a written or printed state or form; written information; literary output. ME.
New York Review of Books Much of the Writing consists of wild generalization.
a. A written composition, a piece of literary work done, as a book, article, etc.; (usu. in pl.) the work or works of an author or group of authors. ME.
B. Bettelheim From Trilling's writings one can gain a better comprehension of..psychoanalysis. New Yorker The most recent compilation of scholarly writings on the subject.
b. A written document; spec. (a) a letter; (b) a legal instrument, a deed, (a document relating to) an agreement or contract. LME.
Written or printed letters, characters, or symbols; lettering; arch. an inscription. ME.
Phrases etc.: at this present Writing, at this Writing at the time of Writing this. automatic Writing: see AUTOMATIC adjective 3. in Writing in written form. mirror Writing: see MIRROR noun. sacred Writing: see SACRED adjective. script-Writing: see SCRIPT noun1 2c. the Writing on the wall evidence or a sign of approaching disaster; an ominously significant event, situation, etc. (with allus. to Daniel 5:5, 25-8). the Writings = HAGIOGRAPHA.
Comb.: Writing bed a board or level surface for Writing on; Writing block (a) a pad of Writing-paper; (b) = writer's block s.v. WRITER; Writing-board: on which to rest the paper while Writing; Writing-book a blank book for keeping records, practising handwriting, etc.; a book containing or consisting of Writing-paper; Writing-box (chiefly Hist.) (a) a small box for keeping paper and Other Writing requisites; (b) a small portable Writing-desk; Writing cabinet an article of furniture combining a Writing-desk with drawers, shelves, and Other facilities for Writing; Writing-case a portable case for holding Writing requisites, and providing a surface to write on; Writing-desk (a) a desk for Writing at, esp. one equipped for holding Writing materials, papers, etc.; (b) rare a type of Writing-case; Writing ink: prepared or suitable for Writing with a pen; Writing-lark [with ref. to the markings on the egg-shells] dial. the yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella; Writing-master (a) a teacher of or instructor in Writing, penmanship, or calligraphy; (b) dial. the yellowhammer (see Writing-lark above); Writing-pad a pad or blotter for Writing on, esp. a pad of notepaper; Writing-paper: designed for Writing on; now esp. notepaper; Writing-pen: suitable or adapted for Writing; Writing slider a sliding shelf which draws out at the top of a chest of drawers; Writing speed (a) Electronics the maximum speed at which an electron beam can scan the screen of a cathode-ray tube and its path still be able to be recorded; (b) the effective speed of videotape past a head when the rotation of the head is taken into account; Writing-table (a) a Writing-tablet; (b) a table used for Writing at, esp. one having drawers and Other accessories for Writing materials etc.; Writing-tablet a thin tablet, sheet, or plate of wood etc., for Writing on.

in propria persona (iou)

in propria persona adverbial phr. M17.
[Latin.]
In one's own person.

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