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pencil(1)(dictionary)
The Pencil(casino)
Pencil(medicine)
PENCIL(law)
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pencil 2, verb(dictionary)
pencil 1, noun(dictionary)

chlorophyta (medicine) and pencil(1) (iou)


chlorophyta (medicine)


Chlorophyta
<botany> Division of algae containing photosynthetic pigments similar to those in higher plants and having a green colour. Includes unicellular forms, filaments and leaf like thalluses (e.g. Ulva). Some members form coenobia and the Characean algae have branched filaments.


pencil(1) (iou)



pencil noun. ME.
[Old French pincel (mod. pinceau) from Proto-Gallo-Romance alt. of Latin penicillus paintbrush, dim. of peniculus brush, dim. of penis tail.]
I.
A paintbrush made with fine hair, tapered to a point, esp. a small one suitable for delicate work. arch. ME.
b. The Art or skill of painting or Writing; a particular style of painting or Writing. LME.
An instrument for marking, drawing, or Writing, consisting of a thin rod of a substance (esp. graphite) which leaves a (usu. delible) mark on a surface, enclosed in a wooden cylinder sharpened to a tapering end from which the substance is applied; a similar instrument consisting of a retractable lead enclosed in a metal or plastic case. L16.
lead pencil, propelling pencil, slate-pencil, etc.
C. Brayfield She snatched up a pencil..and scribbled on the top of the title page. attrib.: Antiquaries Journal The artist had made two pencil drawings of him.
b. A cosmetic in the form of a pencil for easy application. Chiefly with specifying word. L19.
eyebrow pencil, lip pencil, styptic pencil, etc.
II. Something resembling a pencil.
A small tuft of hairs, feathers, etc., springing from or close to a point on a surface. Now only in Zoology & Botany. L16.
The penis. slang. L16.
Physics etc. A group of rays converging to or diverging from a single point. L17.
Geometry. A figure formed by a set of straight lines meeting in a point. Also, a set of curves of a given order, passing through a number of points corresponding to that order; a set of planes or curved surfaces passing through one line or curve. M19.
Phrases: lead in one's pencil: see LEAD noun1. optic pencil the double cone of rays that pass from a single point through the lens of the eye and are focused on the retina. sharpen one's pencil: see SHARPEN 1.
Comb.: pencil-and-paper adjective (esp. of a game) requiring (only) pencil and paper; pencil beam a narrow beam of light or Other radiation in which the individual rays (or paths of particles) are nearly parallel, esp. one having an approximately circular cross-section; pencil-box: for holding pencils, pens, etc.; pencil-case a (freq. decorative) container for holding pencils, pens, etc.; pencil cedar any of several N. American junipers, esp. Juniperus virginiana, the wood of which is used for making pencils; any of several Australian trees resembling these or yielding similar wood, as Dysoxylum mollissimum (family Meliaceae); pencil flower any of several leguminous plants of the genus Stylosanthes; pencil-line a line (resembling one) drawn with a pencil; pencil-line moustache, a very thin moustache; pencil mark spec. a natural mark on an animal, esp. on a dog's toes, resembling that made by a pencil; pencil moustache = pencil-line moustache above; pencil pusher US slang (derog.) a clerk, an office-worker of low status; pencil-sharpener an instrument for sharpening a pencil by rotating it against a cutting edge; pencil skirt a very narrow straight skirt; pencil-stone compact pyrophyllite, used for slate-pencils.