[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

writer \writ"er\, n. as. wrimactere.
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   1. one who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
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            they came that handle the pen of the writer.
                                                  --judg. v. 14.
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            my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --ps. xlv.
                                                  1.
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   2. one who is engaged in literary composition as a
      profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.
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            this pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth
            defile.                               --shak.
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   3. a clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late east
      india company, who, after serving a certain number of
      years, became a factor.
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   writer of the tallies eng. law, an officer of the
      exchequer of england, who acted as clerk to the auditor of
      the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from
      the tellers' bills. the use of tallies in the exchequer
      has been abolished. --wharton law. dict.

   writer's cramp, writer's palsy or writer's spasm
      med., a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of
      the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing,
      violin playing, telegraphing, etc. called also
      scrivener's palsy.

   writer to the signet. see under signet.
      1913 webster
see also:
writer of the tallies writer's cramp writer's palsy writer's spasm scrivener's palsy writer to the signet 
signet 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

writer's cramp
     n : muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a
         pen or pencil syn: graphospasm
see also:
graphospasm 

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