See Also: Pencil(medicine)
The Pencil(casino)
PENCIL(law)
pencil(2)(dictionary)
pencil(1)(dictionary)
Pencil In(money)
propelling pencil(dictionary)
pencil skirt(dictionary)
pencil sharpener(dictionary)
pencil pusher(dictionary)

pencil(2) (iou)



pencil verb. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. L15.
[from the noun.]
verb trans.
a. Paint with a fine brush (arch.); mark (as) with a pencil; spec. fill (an area) with thin or delicate pencil lines. Freq. as pencilled ppl adjective. L15.
A. Djoleto The minister..pencilled his eyebrows and used women's face powder.
b. In early use, depict or represent in a painting or esp. in writing. Later, sketch, draw, or outline in pencil. E17.
D. C. Peattie They are like frail tulips delicately pencilled and painted.
c. Medicine. Treat (a wound etc.) with something applied with a fine brush. Now rare. E19.
verb trans. Write or jot down with a pencil. Also foll. by adverb. M18.
P. Ackroyd His method of editing manuscripts was to pencil alterations..in the margin.
b. Enter (a horse's name) in a betting book. Racing slang. L19.
c. fig. Foll. by in: note down or arrange provisionally or tentatively. E20.
Daily Telegraph The French had pencilled in a launch shot for Skynet.
verb intrans. Of light: form into pencil beams. rare. L18.
W. Soyinka The sunlight pencilled thinly along the floor.
pencilling noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) (a) natural marking on an animal, esp. on a dog's toes, resembling that made by pencil; (c) a drawing, sketch, or note made in pencil: E18.