Definition of pencil

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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..

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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..
Penciling :: Penciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Penci.
Pencil :: Pencil (v. t.) To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point..
Planchette :: Planchette (n.) A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import..
Line :: Line (n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Counterdraw :: Counterdraw (v. t.) To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point..
Pencilled :: Pencilled () of Penci.
Penciling :: Penciling (n.) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall.
Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Radiated; having pencils of rays.
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..
Pointal :: Pointal (n.) A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.
Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Marked with parallel or radiating lines.
Pencillate :: Pencillate (a.) Alt. of Pencillate.
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..
Stationery :: Stationer (a.) One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing..
Penicillate :: Penicillate (a.) Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses..
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