textpen (tekstpen)

A kind of metallic pen used in engro ing. text rine (teks'trin), a. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 30. textuary (tekstu-ā-ri), a. and n. [ He extends the exclusion unto twenty days, which in the textuary sense is fully accomplished in one. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 16. 21. Having the authority or importance of a text; that ranks as a text, or takes chief place; regarded as authoritative, or as an authority. I see no ground why his reason should be textuary to ours, or that God intended him an universal headship. Glanville. Some who have had the honour to be textuary in divinity are of opinion that it shall be the same specifical fire with ours. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 50. II. n.; pl. textuaries (-riz). 1. A textualist; one who adheres strictly to the text.-21. An expounder or critic of texts; a textual expos i tor or critic. IMG:content-0177.jpg:[blocks in formation]