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book hand

book hand noun: any of several stylized handwriting scripts used during medieval times. It was intended for legibility and often used in transcribing official documents (prior to the development of printing and similar technologies.).

Noun

book hand (countable and uncountable, plural book hands)

  1. Any of several stylized handwriting scripts used during medieval times. It was intended for legibility and often used in transcribing official documents (prior to the development of printing and similar technologies.)

Forms of book hand

pluralbook hands

Questions about book hand

What does book hand mean?
Book hand means any of several stylized handwriting scripts used during medieval times. It was intended for legibility and often used in transcribing official documents (prior to the development of printing and similar technologies.).
What part of speech is book hand?
Book hand is a noun.
What is the plural of book hand?
The plural of book hand is book hands.

Words near book hand in the dictionary

  1. book forms
  2. book gill
  3. book gills
  4. book group
  5. book groups
  6. book hand
  7. book hands
  8. book in
  9. book into
  10. book it
  11. book keeping

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