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/rˈaɪtɪŋ dɛsk/ Listen

noun

Writing n.

1.

The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.

2.

Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as:

(a)

Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like.

(b)

Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison.

(c)

An inscription. "And Pilate wrote a title... And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

3.

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 (Zool.), the European yellow-hammer; so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. (Prov. Eng.)

Writing machine. Same as Typewriter.

Writing master, one who teaches the art of penmanship.

Writing obligatory (Law), a bond.

Writing paper, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized.

Writing school, a school for instruction in penmanship.

Writing table, a table fitted or used for writing upon.

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Etymology of 'Writing desk'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Writing desk" Quotes from Famous Books

... photographs of the Emperors of Russia and Austria occupied prominent places of honour in the Shah's apartments, the only image of our Queen Victoria was a wretched faded cabinet photograph in a twopenny paper frame, thrown carelessly among empty envelopes and writing paper in a corner of his Majesty's writing desk. Princess Beatrice's photograph was near it, and towering above them in the most prominent place was another picture of the Emperor of Russia. We, ourselves, may attach little meaning to these trifling details, but significant are the ...

— Across Coveted Lands - or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

... up and brushed away her tangled hair and gazed about her, everything in the house was silent. She herself was exhausted, but she rose, and after pacing up and down the room a few minutes, seated herself at the writing desk, and in spite of her trembling fingers, wrote a short note to Mr. Gerald Harrison; then with a deep breath of relief, she rose, and going to the window knelt down in front of ...

— King Midas • Upton Sinclair

... some photographs," and Carline turned to a writing desk built into the motorboat. He brought out fifteen or twenty photographs. Terabon looked at them eagerly. He could not associate the girl of the pictures with the island shack, with this weakling man, nor yet with the Mississippi River—at least not ...

— The River Prophet • Raymond S. Spears

... sulk, that was not her nature; she turned back to her writing desk with an offended air, but with a smile as of one who tolerates the vagaries of an inferior. This, she knew, would irritate her aunt more than further ...

— Raspberry Jam • Carolyn Wells

... now, and he went to his writing desk and took it from the notes of condolence he had received. Ninian and Gilbert and Roger had written to him, short, abrupt letters that he knew were full of kindly concern for him, and Rachel had written too. There was a ...

— Changing Winds - A Novel • St. John G. Ervine

... the Gaboon. Then came grand times. Our noble craft had by this time got a good list on her from our collected cargo— ill stowed. This made my home, the bamboo staging, about as reposeful a place as the slope of a writing desk would be if well polished; and the rough and choppy sea gave our vessel the most peculiar set of motions imaginable. She rolled, which made it precarious for things on the bamboo staging, but still a legitimate motion, ...

— Travels in West Africa • Mary H. Kingsley

... went into the little den at the back of the hall, where he kept his writing desk and account books and held interviews with his overseer or ...

— Her Mother's Secret • Emma D. E. N. Southworth

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