4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pencil \Pen"cil\, n. [OF. pincel, F. pinceau L. penicillum,
penicillus equiv. to peniculus, dim. of penis a tail. Cf
{Penicil}.]
1. A small fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters
for laying on colors.
With subtile pencil depainted was this storie.
--Chaucer.
2. 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}.
3. Hence figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar
manner; also in general, the act or occupation of the
artist, descriptive writer, etc
4. (Opt.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light,
especially when diverging from or converging to a point.
5. (Geom.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the
point of intersection being called the pencil point.
6. (Med.) A small medicated bougie.
{Pencil case}, a holder for pencil lead.
{Pencil flower} (Bot.), an American perennial leguminous herb
({Stylosanthes elatior}).
{Pencil lead}, a slender rod of black lead, or the like
adapted for insertion in a holder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pencil \Pen"cil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penciled}or {Pencilled};
p. pr & vb n. {Penciling} or {Pencilling}.]
To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
--Cowper.
Where nature pencils butterflies on flowers. --Harte.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pencil
n : a thin cylindrical pointed implement for writing; a rod of
marking substance encased in wood
v : write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
PENCIL
Pictorial ENCodIng Language. On-line system to display line
structures. Sammet 1969, 675.
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