(a) The action or process of inscribing, forming, or otherwise recording characters, words, sentences, etc.; the craft of writing; also, one’s own handwriting, spelling, syntactic habits, etc.; (b) inscribed, engraved, written, or otherwise depicted characters, words, sentences, etc.; (c) in cpds. and combs.: ~ bord; ~ box; ~ chaiere; ~ papire; ~ penne; ~ scole; ~ table.

(a) The process of copying out a text or document; the making of a ledger, deed, etc.; also, an act of writing out an account; ~ werk; (b) documentation; a written record, document; recorde of ~; right ~, a true record; (c) an inscription, a legend, etc.; also, a signature.

(a) The act of composing a written text; the authorial process; also, rhetorical style; (b) a body of poetry, narrative, etc. in written form; written material; also, the work of a particular writer; also, a text; (c) an authoritative text being discussed, analyzed, or quoted, esp. Holy Scripture.

The act of sending a letter; also, a letter, message, communiqué, etc.

Written form; in (bi, with) ~; maken of ~, to put (sth.) into written form.

The time of writing;—used in idiomatic phrases; after this ~, at (the) ~ of this.