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[LL.
cursitor, equiv. to L. cursor, fr. cursare
to run hither and thither, fr. currere to run. See
Current, and cf. Cursor.] 1. A
courier or runner. [Obs.] "Cursitors to and fro."
Holland.

2. (Eng.Law) An officer in the
Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original
writs.

Cur"sive (k?r"s?v), a. [LL.
cursivus: cf. F. cursif See Cursitor.]
Running; flowing.

Cursive hand,a running
handwriting.

Cur"sive, n. 1.
A character used in cursive writing.

2. A manuscript, especially of the New
Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running
hand; -- opposed to uncial. Shipley.

Cur"sor (k?r"s?r), n. [L., a
runner. See Cursitor.] Any part of a mathematical
instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another
part.

Cur"so*ra*ry (-s?-r?-r?), a.
Cursory; hasty. [Obs.]

With a cursorary eye o'erglanced the
articles.

Shak.

||Cur*so"res (k?r-s?"rEz), n.

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