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Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
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Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
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An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
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The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.
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Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.
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Manuscript.
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An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
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Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.
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A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of the English Bible.
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An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
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A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.
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Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.
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A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
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The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.
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That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.
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In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.
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Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods.
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A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.
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