Found 3 items, similar to pencil.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pencil
pensil, potlot
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pencil
pencil
n 1: a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of
marking substance encased in wood
2: graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to
be a medium of communication;
“the words were scribbled in
pencil”;
“this artist's favorite medium is pencil”
3: a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays
meeting at a point
4: a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a
particular part of the face;
“an eyebrow pencil”
[also:
pencilling,
pencilled]
pencil
v : write, draw, or trace with a pencil;
“he penciled a figure”
[also:
pencilling,
pencilled]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pencil
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.
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With subtile pencil depainted was this storie.
--Chaucer.
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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.
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3. Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar
manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the
artist, descriptive writer, etc.
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4. (Opt.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light,
especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
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5. (Geom.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the
point of intersection being called the pencil point.
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6. (Med.) A small medicated bougie.
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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.
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Pencil
\Pen"cil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Penciledor
Pencilled;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Penciling or
Pencilling.]
To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
--Cowper.
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Where nature pencils butterflies on flowers. --Harte.
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