Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SU-PER-SCRIP'TION, n.

1. The act of superscribing.
2. That which is written or engraved on the outside, or above something else. – Waller. The superscription of his accusation was written over, The King of the Jews. – Mark xv. Luke xxiii.
3. An impression of letters on coins. – Matth. xxii.