Definition of pencil

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Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..

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Penciled :: Penciled (imp. & p. p.) of Penci.
Pencillated :: Pencillated (a.) Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.
Keelivine :: Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point..
Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn..
Penciling :: Penciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Penci.
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.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Optigraph :: Optigraph (a.) A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper..
Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation..
Scribbet :: Scribbet (n.) A painter's pencil.
Pointal :: Pointal (n.) A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.
Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..
Stationery :: Stationer (a.) One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing..
Vergency :: Vergency (n.) The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays..
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..
Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil..
Stub :: Stub (n.) The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar..
Pencilled :: Pencilled () of Penci.
Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..
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