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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : pen-suh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn səl |
Definition of pencilling
Origin :- early 14c., "an artist's fine brush of camel hair," from Old French pincel "artist's paintbrush" (13c., Modern French pinceau), from Latin penicillus "painter's brush, hair-pencil," literally "little tail," diminutive of peniculus "brush," itself a diminutive of penis "tail" (see penis). Small brushes formerly were used for writing before modern lead or chalk pencils; meaning "graphite writing implement" apparently evolved late 16c. Derogatory slang pencil-pusher "office worker" is from 1881; pencil neck "weak person" first recorded 1973.
- As in write : verb put language down on paper
- As in draw : verb create a likeness in a picture
- If the flats are to lie in the other direction, the pencilling will be done as in Figure 169.
- Extract from : « Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught » by Joshua Rose
- Linear drawing, and pencilling, are designed also to be a part of the course.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
- What were you pencilling on the back of your menu while you were talking?
- Extract from : « Zibeline, Complete » by Phillipe de Massa
- These styles have superseded the old practice of pencilling.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
- His first pencilling is dated 1799: it was executed in his seventh year!
- Extract from : « The Life Of George Cruikshank, Vol. I. (of II) » by Blanchard Jerrold
- What is said of the pencilling in of veins, etc., in distemper graining?
- Extract from : « Graining and Marbling » by Frederick Maire
- Outside the birds were beginning to twitter and the dawn was pencilling the shutters.
- Extract from : « From Sea to Sea » by Rudyard Kipling
- Pencilling a few minor corrections, he shot it to the copy desk.
- Extract from : « Whispering Walls » by Mildred A. Wirt
- While she is gone, we will take a pencilling of her dwelling.
- Extract from : « Sketches And Tales Illustrative Of Life In The Backwoods Of New Brunswick » by Mrs. F. Beavan
- Another was pencilling some calculations as to wind and light and other intricate details.
- Extract from : « London to Ladysmith via Pretoria » by Winston Spencer Churchill
Synonyms for pencilling
- address
- author
- autograph
- bang out
- caricature
- chalk
- chart
- commit
- communicate
- comp
- compose
- copy
- correspond
- crayon
- create
- dash off
- delineate
- depict
- describe
- design
- draft
- draw up
- drop a line
- drop a note
- engrave
- engross
- etch
- express
- form
- formulate
- frame
- ghost
- graph
- indite
- ink
- inscribe
- jot down
- knock off
- knock out
- letter
- limn
- map out
- mark
- model
- note
- note down
- outline
- paint
- pen
- pencil
- portray
- prepare
- profile
- push a pencil
- put in writing
- record
- reproduce
- rewrite
- scrawl
- scribble
- scribe
- scriven
- set down
- set forth
- sign
- sketch
- take down
- tell
- trace
- transcribe
- turn out
- typewrite
- write
- write down
- write up
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