pencil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pencil	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for pencil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pencil n a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood 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" a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil" v write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pencil \Pen"cil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penciled}or {Pencilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Penciling} or {Pencilling}.] To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw. --Cowper. Where nature pencils butterflies on flowers. --Harte.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. 5. (Geom.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point. 6. (Med.) 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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PENCIL Pictorial ENCodIng Language. On-line system to display line structures. Sammet 1969, 675.