Manifold writing
- Manifold writing
- Manifold Man"i*fold, a. [AS. manigfeald. See {Many}, and
{Fold}.]
1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous;
multiplied; complicated.
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O Lord, how manifold are thy works! --Ps. civ. 24. [1913 Webster]
I know your manifold transgressions. --Amos v. 12. [1913 Webster]
2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number. ``The manifold wisdom of God.'' --Eph. iii. 10. ``The manifold grace of God.'' --1 Pet. iv. 10. [1913 Webster]
{Manifold writing}, a process or method by which several copies, as of a letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a type-writer are transferred; writing several copies of a document at once by use of carbon paper or the like. [1913 Webster]
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