Definition of pencil

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

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Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Radiated; having pencils of rays.
Vergency :: Vergency (n.) The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays..
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..
Pencilled :: Pencilled () of Penci.
Pointal :: Pointal (n.) A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.
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..
Pencillated :: Pencillated (a.) Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.
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.
Penciled :: Penciled (imp. & p. p.) of Penci.
Crayon :: Crayon (n.) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
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..
Pencilling :: Pencilling () of Penci.
Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Marked with parallel or radiating lines.
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..
Penciling :: Penciling (n.) The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture..
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..
Lynx :: Lynx (n.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears..
Keelivine :: Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.
Outline :: Outline (n.) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated..
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