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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..

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

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) 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..

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)..

Penicillate :: Penicillate (a.) Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses..

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

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..

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..

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.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point..

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

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..

Pointal :: Pointal (n.) A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.

Pencillate :: Pencillate (a.) Alt. of Pencillate.

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

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..

Outline :: Outline (n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated..

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

Lead :: Lead (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils..

Line :: Line (n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line..

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