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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..

Point :: Point (n.) To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral..

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

Brahma :: Brahma (n.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra..

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..

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil..

Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Marked with parallel or radiating lines.

Rule :: Rule (n.) To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book..

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point..

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

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

Limn :: Limn (v. t.) To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush..

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..

Lynx :: Lynx (n.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears..

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..

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small medicated bougie.

Counterdraw :: Counterdraw (v. t.) To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance..

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..

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