text hand

A large hand in writing. So called from the practice of writing the text of a book in a large hand and the comments in a smaller hand. *text-man, s. A man ready or quick in quoting texts. "He [Mede] afterwards became an excellent linguist, curious mathematician, exact text - man ; happy in making scripture to expound itself by parallel places." - Fuller Worthies : E ex. IMG:content-0956.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0957.png:[blocks in formation] woven or textile fabric. IMG:content-0958.jpg:[blocks in formation] "One little text let from the gospel of Freedom."- Car lyle: Sartor Resartus , bk. i., ch. xi. těx'-tor, s. [Lat.=a weaver.] Ornith.: A genus of Ploceine, with five species, from tropical and southern Africa. Bill thick, conical; wing abruptly, and tail slightly, rounded.