paraph

plural paraphs

1. A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.

   Synonyms: flourish

2. A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division.

   1 more example

   Commencing with a C-shaped paraph-sign in the same brown ink, the glosses are linked to their corresponding passages by alphabetic signs comprising single letters in a sequence beginning with a in each margin, moving on to b, c, and d down the page, and, ideally, linking with the same letter in the adjacent column. Such a pairing allows for matching the gloss with the specific location in the text where its comment should be considered.

   2016 October 3, “It’s A Wrap”, in Research Group on Manuscript Evidence

present singular third person paraphs · participle present paraphing · participle past paraphed · past paraphed

1. transitiveTo add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials.