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twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.

See chirographist, 2. Chirographer of fines (Old Eng. Law), an officer in the court of common pleas, who engrossed fines.

Of or pertaining to chirography.

A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.

The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.

An instrument for telegraphically transmitting and receiving handwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light from a mirror.

trument on parchment. Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials. Hawthorne. Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail. De Quincey.

The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.

Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.

The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.

To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.

Handwriting; chirography. Writing book, a book for practice in penmanship. -- Writing desk, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. -- Writing lark (Zoöl.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its egg…