| manuscript | |
| 1. adj. handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced. | |
| 2. n. A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced. | |
| 3. n. A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication. | |
