Definition of pencil

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Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..

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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..
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)..
Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil..
Keelivine :: Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point..
Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..
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..
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..
Pencillated :: Pencillated (a.) Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.
Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Marked with parallel or radiating lines.
Counterdraw :: Counterdraw (v. t.) To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance..
Pencillate :: Pencillate (a.) Alt. of Pencillate.
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..
Stationery :: Stationer (a.) One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing..
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..
Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Line :: Line (n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line..
Pick :: Pick (n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture..
Penciling :: Penciling (n.) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall.
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