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Common misspellings for pencil
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Definitions of pencil
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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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To write, mark, or sketch with a pencil; to delineate.
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To write, draw, or paint with a pencil.
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1. A roll of lint or other material in the form of a cylinder. 2. A stick of lunar caustic pointed like a pencil. 3. All the rays of light focussed at a given point.
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A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
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A small fine brush used by artists; a pointed instrument of black lead, etc., often inclosed in wood, and used for writing, drawing, etc.
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To write, sketch, etc., with, or as with, a pencil.
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A group of lines or rays diverging from a given point.
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To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
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To mark, write, or draw with a pencil.
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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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A small, finely pointed paintbrush.
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a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
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A long, pointed strip of wood enclosing a slip of graphite, slate, etc., used for writing, drawing, etc.
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An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
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To write, sketch, or mark with a pencil: to paint or draw:- pr. p. pencilling; pa. t. and pa. p. pencilled.
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a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face; " an eyebrow pencil"
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A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.
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Small brush for painting; instrument of black lead, & c., for writing or drawing; a collection of rays.
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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"
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To mark, paint or draw, as with a pencil.
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A thin strip or thread of plumbago or black- lead, or other substance, generally enclosed in a cover of soft wood, and pointed at one end, used for writing or drawing; a small fine brush used in painting; the art of drawing; a collection of rays of light converging to, or diverging from, a single point.
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A small brush used by painters for laying on colours; a pointed instrument of black- lead, coloured chalk, & c.; a collection of rays of light.
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A small hairbrush for laying on colors: any pointed instrument for writing or drawing without ink: a collection of rays of light converging to a point: the art of painting or drawing.
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write, draw, or trace with a pencil; " he penciled a figure"
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a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
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A small medicated bougie.
Quotes of pencil
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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil
– Balthus -
I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.
– Otis Blackwell -
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half -inch eraser- in case you thought optimism was dead.
– Robert Brault -
People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
– Walt Disney -
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
– Vincent Van Gogh -
The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them.
– Lorna Luft -
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
– Bernard Malamud -
Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to explore theory!
– Rudolph A. Marcus -
Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready.
– Eugenio Montale -
A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.
– Joyce A. Myers -
Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
– Earl Nightingale -
But I do have time to pencil in golf, and we've got four excellent courses.
– Darrell Royal -
I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing number, and just to pin down the appropriate sequence of those, all you really need is a pencil and a piece of paper.
– Robert Wyatt
Usage examples for pencil
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“ Then Cunningham took paper and a pencil and read aloud the answer that he wrote to Byng- bahadur. ”
– Rung Ho! by Talbot Mundy -
“ I'll never, never, never touch a pencil to draw with again! ”
– The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells -
“ We shall begin digging here," and he made a small mark with a pencil on the map. ”
– Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders or, The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold by Victor Appleton -
“ Take your paper and pencil Frank, said Uncle Robert, and draw a plan of it. ”
– Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) by Francis W. Parker and Nellie Lathrop Helm -
“ But he had neither paper nor pencil ”
– David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd -
“ " Why, mine's written in pencil ”
– Somehow Good by William de Morgan -
“ His man is his oyster, which he, not with sword, but with pencil and note- book, must open. ”
– A Mortal Antipathy by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
“ She folded it again in two little notes of Anthony's, written in pencil and placed it in her bosom. ”
– Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot -
“ She handed him a pencil drawing that showed him sitting, head forward, looking down. ”
– Joe Burke's Last Stand by John Moncure Wetterau -
“ " You will find," said the quiet voice of Monsieur Dupont, " a pencil in the ground at the exact spot. ”
– The Crooked House by Brandon Fleming -
“ He did them with a pencil ”
– A Little Girl in Old Quebec by Amanda Millie Douglas -
“ Carlino explained that he would not walk with them, but would follow, note- book and pencil in hand. ”
– The Saint by Antonio Fogazzaro Commentator: William Roscoe Thayer -
“ But, almost at the last minute, Bunny could not find his large pencil box. ”
– Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store by Laura Lee Hope -
“ Didn't he want a pencil and paper to make notes on? ”
– Mary Wollaston by Henry Kitchell Webster -
“ One of them was open, with a pencil lying beside it. ”
– The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins -
“ Taking out my card, I wrote on it in pencil the address of the hotel at which I was staying. ”
– The Two Destinies by Wilkie Collins -
“ Take this pencil and this book. ”
– Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson -
“ Few men carry so hard a pencil sir. ”
– The Mardi Gras Mystery by H. Bedford-Jones -
“ Pencil marks are so hard to get out. ”
– Tom Swift and his Motor-cycle by Victor Appleton -
“ " Or make marks on me with your pen or pencil ”
– What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Dorothy Canfield Fisher