Pencil
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 .
