Definition of writ

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Writ (obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth..

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Cryptogram :: Cryptogram (n.) A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.
Dissertator :: Dissertator (n.) One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses.
Documentary :: Documentary (a.) Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.
Cenozoic :: Cenozoic (a.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also caenozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology..
Papeterie :: Papeterie (n.) A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.
Cognovit :: Cognovit (n.) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
Abracadabra :: Abracadabra (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.
Philippize :: Philippize (v. i.) To write or speak in the style of a philippic.
Hierogrammatic :: Hierogrammatic (a.) Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing..
Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) to write or engrave around.
Polygraph :: Polygraph (n.) An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.
Manifold :: Manifold (n.) A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
Inkhorn :: Inkhorn (n.) A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials.
Tradition :: Tradition (n.) Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed..
Skip :: Skip (v. i.) Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over..
Fur :: Fur (n.) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six..
Manuscript :: Manuscript (a.) Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume..
Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter..
Detainder :: Detainder (n.) A writ. See Detinue.
Literature :: Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry..
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