manifold writing

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manifold writing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Manifold \Man"i*fold\, a. [AS. manigfeald. See Many, and
     Fold.]
     1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous;
        multiplied; complicated.
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              O Lord, how manifold are thy works!   --Ps. civ. 24.
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              I know your manifold transgressions.  --Amos v. 12.
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     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.
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     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.
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