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Outline :: Outline (n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated..

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point..

Scribbet :: Scribbet (n.) A painter's pencil.

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 small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..

Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..

Penciled :: Penciled (imp. & p. p.) of Penci.

Keelivine :: Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.

Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..

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..

Stump :: Stump (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder..

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.

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke..

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint..

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..

Stationery :: Stationer (a.) One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing..

Crayon :: Crayon (n.) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.

Penciling :: Penciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Penci.

Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor..

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