INSCRIBE, INSCRIBED, INSCRIPTION
ADJECTIVES
► LAPIDARIAN executed in stone, inscribed on stone → 1882
► LAPIDARY 1. of an inscription, etc.: engraved on stone, esp. monumental stones → 1724
2. characteristic of or suitable for monumental inscriptions → 1775
► LAPIDEOUS consisting of or inscribed on stone → 1807 obs.
► LEGENDED bearing a legend or inscription → a1849
► OPISTHOGRAPHAL written or inscribed on the back as well as the front → 1684 obs.
NOUNS
► LETTER anything written; an inscription, document, text; a written warrant or authority → c1325 obs.
► MANUSCRIPTION the act of writing by hand; that which is written by hand; a written inscription → 1800
► MANUSCULPT an inscription carved or engraved by hand → a1859 nonce word
► MEMORANDUM a memorial inscription → 1810 Sc.
► ONWRITING that which is written on something; an inscription → c975 obs.
► POSEY ► POSY an inscription engraved inside an old-fashioned wedding ring → 1933 Amer. dial.
► SCRIPTION a writing; a document; an inscription → 1597 obs.
► TITLE 1. an inscription placed on or over an object, giving its name or describing it; a legend; sometimes, a placard hung up in a theatre giving the names of the piece, etc. → c950 obs.
2. an inscribed pillar, column, tombstone, or the like → 1388 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► LAPICIDE one who cuts stones or inscriptions on stone → 1656
VERBS
► RASP to inscribe by scraping or scratching → a1300 obs.
► SCRIBE to write; to mark, to inscribe → 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TITLE to set down in writing; to inscribe, to record, to chronicle → 1340 obs.