Antonyms for pencilling

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

Example sentences :

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These styles have superseded the old practice of pencilling.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

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