Both Uses of
writ
in
Moby Dick
- There's a sermon now, writ in high heaven, and the sun goes through it every year, and yet comes out of it all alive and hearty.†
Chpt 97-99 *
- So that to this hunter's wondrous skill, the proverbial evanescence of a thing writ in water, a wake, is to all desired purposes well nigh as reliable as the steadfast land.†
Chpt 133-135
Definition:
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(writ) law: an order issued by a court or judicial officer
or more rarely:
archaic term for written or wrote