n.; pl. Criteria (-&unr_;), sometimes Criterions [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a means for judging, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; decider, judge, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to separate. See Certain. ] A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of the diseases of the mind there is no criterion. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inferences founded on such enduring criteria. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Syn. -- Standard; measure; rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Serving as a basis for evaluation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who ghost-writes (a book, article, etc.) for someone else. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖adv. [ L., fr. memor mindful. See Memorable. ] By, or from, memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gathers news for, and writes, news-letters, articles in news periodicals, or items for broadcast on news programs. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An historian; a chronicler. [ Obs. ] “Rathums, the story-writer.” 1 Esdr. ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + ternate. ] (Bot.) Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who uses such an instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wrītere. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ came ] that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels. [ 1913 Webster ]

This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Writer of the tallies (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. Wharton (Law. Dict.) --
Writer's cramp,
Writer's palsy or
Writer's spasm (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also scrivener's palsy. --
Writer to the signet. See under Signet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a writer. [ 1913 Webster ]