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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..

Pencillated :: Pencillated (a.) Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.

Pencil :: Pencil (v. t.) To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.

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..

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

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

Penciling :: Penciling (n.) The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture..

Penciling :: Penciling (n.) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall.

Ruler :: Ruler (n.) A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a)..

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..

Downstroke :: Downstroke (n.) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

Mark :: Mark (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark..

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

Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil..

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..

Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..

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..

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..

Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Radiated; having pencils of rays.

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