[WRITING vbl. sb. 13 + SCHOOL sb.1 1, 9.]
† 1. A school in which writing or calligraphy is taught. Obs.
1530. Palsgr., 433/1. He goeth to the writyng scole.
1607. Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1848), II. 294. A writting schoole … for instructing of the youth in writing and arithmetik allanerlie.
1691. Athenian Mercury, 30 May, Advert., Young Gentlemen … may be faithfully Taught by the Author,… at his Writing-School.
1721. W. Webster, Attempt (title-p.), The Education of Youth … especially with Regard to their Studies at the Writing-School.
1773. [see WRITING-BOARD].
1780. Mirror, No. 81. Going along with a set of other girls … to … a public writing-school.
2. At Oxford University: A room used or set apart for written examinations.
1876. T. G. Jackson, New Exam. Schools Univ. Oxf., 3. The three Writing Schools … occupy … the first floor. Ibid. The large crowded Writing Schools. Ibid., 6. For occasional use as a Writing School … I have arranged two of the Vivâ Voce Schools.
So † Writing-schoolmaster. Obs.
1590. P. Bales (title), The Writing Schoolemaster: Conteining three Bookes in one;… teaching Swift…, True…, Faire writing.
1631. J. Davies (Heref.), Lively Portraiture (title-p.), The Writing Schoolemaster: The Anatomy of Faire Writing.
