Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pencil
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n. & v. --n. 1 (often attrib.) a an instrument for writing or drawing, usu. consisting of a thin rod of graphite etc. enclosed in a wooden cylinder (a pencil sketch). b a similar instrument with a metal or plastic cover and retractable lead. c a cosmetic in pencil form. 2 (attrib.) resembling a pencil in shape (pencil skirt). 3 Optics a set of rays meeting at a point. 4 Geom. a figure formed by a set of straight lines meeting at a point. 5 a draughtsman's art or style. --v.tr. (pencilled, pencilling; US penciled, penciling) 1 tint or mark with or as if with a pencil. 2 (usu. foll. by in) a write, esp. tentatively or provisionally (have pencilled in the 29th for our meeting). b (esp. as pencilled adj.) fill (an area) with soft pencil strokes (pencilled in her eyebrows). Phrases and idioms pencil-case a container for pencils etc. pencil-sharpener a device for sharpening a pencil by rotating it against a cutting edge. Derivatives penciller n. Etymology: ME f. OF pincel ult. f. L penicillum paintbrush, dimin. of peniculus brush, dimin. of penis tail
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English pensel, from Anglo-French pincel, from Vulgar Latin *penicellus, alteration of Latin penicillus, diminutive of peniculus brush, from diminutive of penis tail, penis Date: 14th century an artist's brush, an artist's individual skill or style, 3. an implement for writing, drawing, or marking consisting of or containing a slender cylinder or strip of a solid marking substance, a small medicated or cosmetic roll or stick for local applications, a set of geometric objects each pair of which has a common property , something (as a beam of radiation) long and thin like a ~, II. transitive verb (-ciled or -cilled; -ciling or ~ling) Date: circa 1532 to paint, draw, write, or mark with a ~, to plan or designate tentatively ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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