Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adscript"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adscript \Ad"script\, a. [L. adscriptus, p. p. of adscribere to
enroll. See {Ascribe}.]
Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal
serfs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adscript \Ad"script\, n.
One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a
feudal serf. --Bancroft.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adscript
adj 1: (printing) written or printed immediately following another
character and aligned with it [ant: {superscript}, {subscript}]
2: (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their
service is transferable from owner to owner; "an adscript
serf" [syn: {adscripted}]
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