Also 7 cheir-. [f. same Gr. elements as CHIROGRAPH, on analogy of geography and the like.] Handwriting; (own) handwriting, autograph (obs.); style or character of writing.
1654. H. L’Estrange, Chas. I. (1655), 169. It was … assured him that it must be the cheirography of the Lord Lowden, whereupon he was committed to the Tower.
1846. Prescott, Ferd. & Is., II. II. vi. 381. Beautifully executed as to their chirography.
1882. Pall Mall Gaz., 11 Oct., 3/2. The extraordinary conflict of testimony among experts in chirography.
[Chirography, erroneously in Cockeram, etc., for CHOROGRAPHY.]
