penciling

 [pen-suh-ling]  

pen·cil·ing

   [pen-suh-ling]
noun
1.
work or markings done with or as if with a pencil or brush, especially fine or delicate work done with a pencil or brush on a painting or drawing.
2.
a drawing or sketch made with a pencil.
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Origin:
1700–10; pencil + -ing1

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pen·cil

   [pen-suhl] noun, verb, pen·ciled, pen·cil·ing or (especially British) pen·cilled, pen·cil·ling.
noun
1.
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
2.
a stick of cosmetic coloring material for use on the eyebrows, eyelids, etc.
3.
anything shaped or used like a pencil, as a stick of medicated material: a styptic pencil.
4.
a narrow set of lines, light rays, or the like, diverging from or converging to a point: a pencil of sunlight.
5.
a slender, pointed piece of a substance used for marking.
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6.
style or skill in drawing or delineation: He favored the late products of the artist's pencil.
7.
Mathematics. the collection of lines, planes, or surfaces passing through a given point or set of points and satisfying a given equation or condition.
8.
Archaic. an artist's paintbrush, especially for fine work.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
9.
to write, draw, mark, or color with, or as if with, a pencil.
10.
to use a pencil on.
Verb phrase
11.
pencil in, to schedule or list tentatively, as or as if by writing down in pencil rather than in ink: I'll pencil you in for ten o'clock.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English pencel < Middle French pincel ≪ Latin pēnicillus painter's brush or pencil, diminutive of pēniculus little tail. See penis, -cule1

Related forms
pen·cil·er; especially British, pen·cil·ler, noun
pen·cil·like, adjective
un·pen·ciled, adjective
un·pen·cilled, adjective
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