'Manifold writing' definitions:

Definition of 'Manifold writing'

From: GCIDE
  • Manifold \Man"i*fold\, a. [AS. manigfeald. See Many, and Fold.]
  • 1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. [1913 Webster]
  • 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]