Difference between revisions of "Pencil"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_154936" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_154936" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, - used for drawing or writing. See Graphite. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A small medicated bougie. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53321" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53321" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> PENCIL. </strong> See Arts and Crafts, 1; Line, 6. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43097" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43097" /> == | ||
Revision as of 09:59, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, - used for drawing or writing. See Graphite.
(2): ( n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
(3): ( n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.
(4): ( n.) A small medicated bougie.
(5): ( n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
(6): ( n.) Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.
(7): ( v. t.) To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
PENCIL. See Arts and Crafts, 1; Line, 6.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
pen´sil ( Isaiah 44:13 , margin "red ochre," the King James Version "line"). See Line; Ochre , Red .
