Meaning of phrase 手に実際穿った


I'm struggling to understand `手に実際穿った` part in the following passage. What
meaning does it have?

> 拡大鏡｛かくだいきょう｝で見て初めて見えてくる文字。うっすらと浮かび上がり、所々｛ところどころ｝かすれて読めない。その文字の形状｛けいじょう｝からして
> **手に実際穿った{じっさいほじった}ような感じ**
> である。文字は極めて｛きわめて｝小さい。俺は掠れて｛かすれて｝解読不可能な部分を頭の中で想像補完{そうぞうほかん}し、ひとつの文章を完成させた。

I tried to make a fast translation of the the sentences with the part I cannot
grasp, except the part itself.

Letters first became visible when I looked through magnifying glass. Becoming
faintly visible, they are scratched here and there which makes them impossible
to read in such places. Judging by letters shape it makes the feeling as if
**手に実際穿った**.

Context: The speaker receives a strange letter, with empty contents. When he
tried to look for the fingerprints he seen the print of the whole hand on a
letter paper. Now he tried to look through magnifying glass.

## Update:

I think now, after remembering all of the context, I more or less understood
it. So to the speaker those small letters felt like the writer of the letter
drilled them in his hand and then made the hand print on a paper.




Judging from the context you provided, I think it's read as 穿【うが】った, and means
"actually carved/engraved on the hand". 穿つ means "to drill", but in this
context I feel it's better to translate it as "to carve/engrave" (using
something like a chisel/knife, or some similar magical device).

The speaker thought those letters were actually carved/engraved on someone's
hand (hmm... [like this](https://www.tattoodo.com/a/2014/07/22-tasteful-palm-
tattoos/)), and then, stamped on the paper. (i.e., they were not drawn
separately on the paper using a pen/brush)




Judging from the context you provided, I think it's read as 穿【うが】った, and means
"actually carved/engraved on the hand". 穿つ means "to drill", but in this
context I feel it's better to translate it as "to carve/engrave" (using
something like a chisel/knife, or some similar magical device).

The speaker thought those letters were actually carved/engraved on someone's
hand (hmm... [like this](https://www.tattoodo.com/a/2014/07/22-tasteful-palm-
tattoos/)), and then, stamped on the paper. (i.e., they were not drawn
separately on the paper using a pen/brush)

