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Pencilled :: Pencilled () of Penci.

Penciled :: Penciled (a.) Radiated; having pencils of rays.

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

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..

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..

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)..

Limn :: Limn (v. t.) To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush..

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

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..

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..

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

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It consists of a small cylinder communicating with the engine cylinder and fitted with a piston which the varying pressure drives upward more or less against the resistance of a spring. A lever imparts motion to a pencil which traces the diagram on a card wrapped around a vertical drum which is turned back and forth by a string connected with the pist

Keelivine :: Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.

Handling :: Handling (v. t.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch..

Mark :: Mark (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark..

Stump :: Stump (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder..

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..

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..

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

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

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