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
Definitions:
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(writ as in: writ from the court) an order issued by a court or judicial officer
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(writ as in: writ large) written large an idiom meaning made obvious (as though written in large print)
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(writ as in: holy writ) an unquestionable truth; or a sacred writing -- especially the Bible
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(writ as in: writ in her own hand) archaic way of saying written or wrote
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus