From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
handwriting
n 1: something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting";
"his hand was illegible" [syn: hand, script]
2: the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow
and painful for one with arthritis"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Handwriting \Hand"writ`ing\ (-r[imac]t"[i^]ng), n.
1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or
person; chirography.
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2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.
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The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of
disaster. --Dan. v. 5.
[1913 Webster] handwritten