Cursive \Cur"sive\, n.

1. A character used in cursive writing.

2. A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. --Shipley.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cursive \Cur"sive\ (k?r"s?v), a. [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See Cursitor.]

Running; flowing.

Cursive hand,a running handwriting.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)