Inscription

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act or process of inscribing.

II. Inscription ·noun A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.

III. Inscription ·noun An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

IV. Inscription ·noun That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, ·etc.