HANDWRITING
ADJECTIVES
..19C — CHIROGRAPHOSOPHIC skilled in handwriting
NOUNS
1200 — HANDWRIT handwriting; autograph; signature → obs.
1513 — SMALL HAND cursive handwriting of small size, as opposed to large legal script
1656 — CACOGRAPHY bad writing; bad handwriting
1804 — UGLYOGRAPHY bad handwriting; uncouth spelling
1825 — HEN SCRAT a piece of untidy or illegible handwriting → obs.
1836 — HAND-RITE — HANDWRITE handwriting → Amer. dial.
1836 — TURKEY TRACKS illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1846 — ISOGRAPHY the imitation of another person’s handwriting
1846 — SCRIPTION handwriting; a kind of handwriting
1849 — MANUSCRIPT a person’s handwriting
1851 — CURVICUE a curlicue; a little flourish on handwriting, etc. → Amer. dial.
1851 — MAULEY — MAULIE — MAWLEY — MORLEY the ‘hand’ that one writes; handwriting; the signature → sl.
1854 — HEN TRACKS illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1864 — VARIORUM a piece of decoration, in furniture, etc.; an ornament, gewgaw, trinket; a flourish in handwriting; any unnecessary appendage → Sc.
1874 — CROW’S TRACKS — CROW TRACKS handwriting that is hard to read; illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1877 — HAND handwriting; signature → Eng. dial.
1882 — GRAPHOLOGY the study of handwriting, esp. as regarded as an expression of character
1892 — SCRAWM a scratch, scribble, scrawl; bad writing → Eng. dial.
1894 — SCRIVE a piece of writing; a letter; a statement or story written; handwriting; a short sermon → Sc.
1899 — HEN-SCRATCH — HENSCRATCHES handwriting that is difficult to read; bad handwriting → Amer. dial.
1899 — POTHOOKS AND HANGERS small hooked strokes in writing; illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1901 — BIBLIOTICS the art or science of analyzing handwriting, esp. that of manuscripts with the purpose of establishing their authorship or authenticity
1914 — JOHN HENRY one’s signature; one’s handwriting → Amer. dial.
1928 — HEN’S TRACKS handwriting that is hard to read → Amer. dial.
1942 — HEN-SCRATCHING handwriting that is difficult to read → Amer. dial.
1950 — CHICKEN SCRATCH — CHICKEN SCRATCHES poor handwriting that is hard to read; illegible handwriting → US sl.
1951 — CURLIMACUES little flourishes on handwriting to make it look fancy → Amer. dial.
1952 — POTHOOKS AND HENSCRATCHES small hooked strokes in writing; illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1954 — GOOSE TRACKS illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1956 — CHICKEN SCRATCHING poor handwriting that is hard to read → Amer. dial.
1962 — CURL a little flourish on handwriting → Amer. dial.
1965 — CAT TRACKS illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1965 — CHICKEN MARKS poor handwriting that is hard to read → Amer. dial.
1965 — CHICKEN PECKING poor handwriting that is hard to read → Amer. dial.
1965 — CHICKEN TRACKS illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1965 — CURLY a little flourish on handwriting; a curlicue → Amer. dial.
1965 — DOG TRACKS illegible handwriting → Amer.
1965 — DUCK TRACKS illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1965 — HEN-SCRIBBLING handwriting that is difficult to read → Amer. dial.
1965 — PIG TRACKS — PIG’S TRACKS illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1965 — RABBIT TRACKS illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1966 — PIGTAIL a curlicue; a little flourish on one’s handwriting or signature → Amer. dial.
1966 — TURKEY SCRATCHING handwriting that’s hard to read → Amer. dial.
1967 — CROW SCRATCHING handwriting that is hard to read → Amer. dial.
1967 — CROW’S MARKS handwriting that is hard to read → Amer. dial.
1967 — CROW’S-FEET handwriting that is hard to read → Amer. dial.
1967 — DIDDLING handwriting that is hard to read → Amer. dial.
1967 — ENGLISH a flourish in handwriting; a curlicue → Amer. dial.
1968 — CUE-WHIFFS little flourishes on handwriting or a signature to make it look fancy → Amer. dial.
1968 — DIDO a little flourish on handwriting → Amer. dial.
1968 — HENPECKS illegible or hard to read handwriting → Amer. dial.
1968 — POTHOOKS handwriting that’s hard to read → Amer. dial.
1970 — COWLICKS illegible handwriting → Amer. dial.
1970 — CUES little flourishes on handwriting or a signature to make it look fancy → Amer. dial.
1996 — ORPICUES flourishes in handwriting, curlicues, and the like → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1850 — CHIROGRAPHOSOPHIC a judge of handwriting
1868 — WRITINGER an expert in handwriting
1955 — HARD READER a person who specializes in reading difficult handwriting
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