in a conversation; put in a word; shine in conversation; bandy words; parley; palaver; chat, gossip, tattle; prate &c. (loquacity) 584; powwow [U.S.]..
     discourse with, confer with, commune with, commerce with; hold
converse, hold conference, hold intercourse; talk it over; be closeted with; talk with one in private, tete-a-tete. 
     Adj. conversing &c. v.; interlocutory; conversational,
conversable[obs3]; discursive, discoursive[obs3]; chatty &c. (sociable) 892; colloquial. 
     Phr. “with thee conversing I forget all time” [Paradise Lost].

     #589.  Soliloquy. —­ N. soliloquy, monologue, apostrophe;
monology[obs3]. 
     V. Soliloquize; say to oneself, talk to oneself; say aside, think
aloud, apostrophize. 
     Adj. soliloquizing &c. v. 
     Adv. aside.

—­ p. 179 —­ % Written Language %

     #590.  Writing. —­ N. writing &c. v.; chirography, stelography[obs3],
cerography[obs3]; penmanship, craftmanship[obs3]; quill driving; typewriting.
     writing, manuscript, MS., literae scriptae[Lat]; these presents.
     stroke of the pen, dash of the pen; coupe de plume; line; headline;
pen and ink.
     letter &c. 561; uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham,
Runes, hieroglyphic; contraction; Brahmi[obs3], Devanagari, Nagari; script.
     shorthand; stenography, brachygraphy[obs3], tachygraphy[obs3]; secret
writing, writing in cipher; cryptography, stenography; phonography[obs3], pasigraphy[obs3], Polygraphy[obs3], logography[obs3].
     copy; transcript, rescript; rough copy, fair copy; handwriting;
signature, sign manual; autograph, monograph, holograph; hand, fist.
     calligraphy; good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand,
legible hand, bold hand.
     cacography[obs3], griffonage[obs3], barbouillage[obs3]; bad hand,
cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand; scribble &c. v.; pattes de mouche[Fr]; ill-formed letters; pothooks and hangers.
     stationery; pen, quill, goose quill; pencil, style; paper, foolscap,
parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table; blackboard; ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well; typewriter.
     transcription &c. (copy) 21; inscription &c. (record) 551;
superscription &c. (indication) 550; graphology.
     composition, authorship; cacoethes scribendi[Lat]; graphoidea[obs3],
graphomania[obs3]; phrenoia[obs3].
     writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman,
copyist, transcriber, quill driver; stenographer, typewriter, typist; writer for the press &c. (author) 593. 
     V. write, pen; copy, engross; write out, write out fair; transcribe;
scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch; interline; stain paper; write down &c. (record) 551; sign &c. (attest) 467; enface[obs3].
     compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate; dictate; inscribe, throw
on paper, dash off; manifold. take up the pen, take