superscription

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"It appeared," says Prof. Lyell, "from his explanation of 'Whose superscription is this?' that he supposed the piece of money to be a dollar note, to which C�sar had put his signature."

From Slavery and the Constitution by Bowditch, William Ingersoll

The latter took it, looked carefully at the superscription, read it slowly through, then folded it with cool deliberation and put it back into the envelope.

From The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife by Firebaugh, Ellen M.

A Chinese mandarin addressed a letter to him with this superscription, "To Boerhaave, Physician in Europe," and the missive was duly received....

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

The handwriting of the superscription made him look so blank that the others noticed his face and were silent.

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew

My servant, who has lived with me fourteen years, may, for aught I know, have been bribed to abstract these letters on their arrival; they would be easily recognized by the very superscription.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James