Obs. [f. prec. sb. or adj. + HAND sb. 16.] Handwriting in which the successive letters of each word are joined; cursive writing.
1583. Hollyband, Campo di Fior, 339. First I will write you, A, b, c, Then syllables: Then ioyning hande.
1612. Brinsley, Lud. Lit., 31. Vnder them both a line or two of ioyning hand.
1809–12. Mar. Edgeworth, Mad. de Fleury, xi. The youngest … had but just begun to learn joining-hand.
