'The handwriting on the wall' definitions:
Definition of 'The handwriting on the wall'
From: GCIDE
- Handwriting \Hand"writ`ing\ (-r[imac]t"[i^]ng), n.
- 1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is written by hand; manuscript. [1913 Webster]
- The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. --Dan. v. 5. [1913 Webster] handwritten