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pencil |
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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