Bible Dictionaries
Text Hand

Webster's Dictionary

A large hand in writing; - so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Text Hand'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/text-hand.html. 1828.