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PENCIL
pencil
(noun) a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
pencil
(noun) a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face; “an eyebrow pencil”
pencil
(noun) a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
pencil
(noun) 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”
pencil
(verb) write, draw, or trace with a pencil; “he penciled a figure”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pencil (plural pencils)
(now, chiefly, historical) A paintbrush. [from 14th c.]
A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]
(optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. [from 17th c.]
(geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane. [from 19th c.]
(medicine, obsolete, rare) A small medicated bougie. [19th c.]
Verb
pencil (third-person singular simple present pencils, present participle (US) penciling or (UK) pencilling, simple past and past participle (US) penciled or (UK) pencilled)
(transitive) To write (something) using a pencil.
(transitive) To mark with, or as if with, a pencil.
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"cil, n. Etym: [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. With subtile pencil depainted was this storie. Chaucer.
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.
3. Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.
4. (Opt.)
Definition: An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
5. (Geom.)
Definition: A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.
6. (Med.)
Definition: A small medicated bougie. 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.
Pen"cil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penciled or Pencilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Penciling or Pencilling.]
Definition: To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw. Cowper. Where nature pencils butterflies on flowers. Harte.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
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