Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Writing \Writ"ing\, n.
The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.
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Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as:
Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like.
Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison.
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An inscription.
And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.
--John xix. 19.
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Handwriting; chirography.
Writing book, a book for practice in penmanship.
Writing desk, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner.
Writing lark (Zo["o]l.), the European yellow-hammer; -- so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs.
Writing machine. Same as Typewriter.
Writing master, one who teaches the art of penmanship.
Writing obligatory (Law), a bond.
Writing paper, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized.
Writing school, a school for instruction in penmanship.
Writing table, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
Wiktionary
n. A desk at which someone may write.
WordNet
n. a portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface
a desk for writing (usually with a sloping top)
Wikipedia
A writing desk or bureau acts as a kind of compact office. Traditionally, a writing desk is for writing letters by hand. It usually has a top that closes to hide current work, which makes the room containing it look tidy, maintains privacy, and protects the work. The closing top may contain several joints so that it can roll closed, or may simply fold closed. The writing surface (or place for lap-top) typically folds down (perhaps being the lid) or slides out, to preserve the compact size when closed. They often have small drawers or "pigeon holes".
Modern writing desks are designed for laptop computers of the 21st century. They are typically too small for most desktop computers or a printer.
Usage examples of "writing desk".
No matter how awful you feel, sit down at your writing desk and try to scratch out a few words.
She glanced at Meredith, who had paused beside the writing desk to observe something Cassandra Padbury was showing her.
Probably they both knew it was the last time they would spend with one another, and possibly they reviewed the will Adams had drawn up some years before, whereby he left to John Quincy the house, an estimated 103 acres, his French writing desk, &ldquo.
She sat down at her writing desk, the one her father had given her two years ago on her eleventh birthday and which she was already outgrowing.
Thereupon Eddi Amsel detaches himself nimbly from the genuine Renaissance writing desk, but nevertheless, as the cocktail party amid the oak paneling turns to other topics, such as the Olympiad and its side effects, does not close Otto Weininger's standard work.
A writing desk with a brass-stoppered inkpot and a curved tray for pens.
Under a side window was a writing desk cluttered with papers and pencils.
Finally, the only undesirable things left in it were the tapestry of the Black family tree, which resisted all their attempts to remove it from the wall, and the rattling writing desk.
Lincoln listened carefully, feet on the writing desk, a handkerchief in his left hand which he used to rub ink from the Fingers of his right hand.