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Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

Manuscript. [Obs.]

An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.] Cowell.

their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.

dings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc.

That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.

Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.

nd of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots.

used and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore. Shak.

A copier of a manuscript.

One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.

A book; a manuscript.

To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement. I must collage it, word, with the original Hebrew. Coleridge.

The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. Pope.

One who collates manuscripts, books, etc. Addison.

Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.

Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.

A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. Shipley.