D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

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/tĕkst hănd/ · IPA
01 n. A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.
  1. 1.
    A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.