Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point..