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pencil
(mass) | pencil
- ceruzka |
pencil
(encz) | pencil,štěteček n: Zdeněk Brož |
pencil
(encz) | pencil,tužka n: |
Pencil
(gcide) | 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, graphite,
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
(gcide) | 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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pencil in to write (a tentative appoinment) on an
appointment calendar, so as to reserve time, but to allow
the appointment to be readily canceled and replaced with
another; -- also used figuratively, with other means of
recording appointments. The notion being that something
written in pencil can be more easily changed than
something written in ink. The phrase is commonly used in
the early stages of organizing a meeting of multiple
persons, before it is known whether all attendees will be
free at the suggested time.
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pencil
(wn) | 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"
v 1: write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure" |
pencil
(foldoc) | PENCIL
Pictorial ENCodIng Language. On-line system to display line
structures. Sammet 1969, 675.
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PENCIL
(bouvier) | PENCIL. An instrument made of plumbago, black lead, red chalk, or other
suitable substance, for writing without ink.
2. It has been holden that a will written with a pencil, could riot, on
this account, be annulled. 1 Phillim. R. 1; 2 Phillim. 173.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
pencilsharpener
(mass) | pencil-sharpener
- strúhadlo |
eyebrow pencil
(encz) | eyebrow pencil, n: |
lead pencil
(encz) | lead pencil, n: |
pencil box
(encz) | pencil box,penál Clock |
pencil case
(encz) | pencil case, n: |
pencil cedar
(encz) | pencil cedar, n: |
pencil cedar tree
(encz) | pencil cedar tree, n: |
pencil eraser
(encz) | pencil eraser,guma na tužku Clock |
pencil lead
(encz) | pencil lead,tuha v tužce Clock |
pencil pusher
(encz) | pencil pusher, n: |
pencil sharpener
(encz) | pencil sharpener,ořezávátko (na tužky) luke |
penciled
(encz) | penciled, adj: |
pencilled
(encz) | pencilled, |
pencilling
(encz) | pencilling, |
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