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    [Noun]  | "pen*cil" | \ ˈpen(t)-səl \


    1: an artist's brush

    2: an artist's individual skill or style

    3: an implement for writing, drawing, or marking consisting of or containing a slender cylinder or strip of a solid marking substance

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English pensel, from Anglo-French pincel, from Vulgar Latin *penicellus, alteration of Latin penicillus, diminutive of peniculus brush, from diminutive of penis tail, penis;

    [Noun]  | "pen*cel" | \ ˈpen(t)-səl \


    1: pennoncel

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English pencel, from Anglo-French pencel, penuncel;

    [Noun]  | "pencil pusher" 


    1: a person who does predominantly paperwork

    Origin: 1881 ;

    [Noun]  | "pencil case" 


    1: a small box for holding pencils and other small items, such as erasers

    [Noun]  | "pencil sharpener" 


    1: a device used to make the tip of a pencil sharp so that it can be used for writing

    [Noun]  | "blue pencil" 


    1: a writing instrument used for editing; also : the act or practice of blue-penciling

    Origin: 1845 ;

    [Noun]  | "eyebrow pencil" 


    1: a cosmetic pencil for the eyebrows

    Origin: 1779 ;

    [Verb]  | "pencil" 


    1: to paint, draw, write, or mark with a pencil

    2: to plan or designate tentatively —used with in

    Origin: circa 1500 ;

    [Verb]  | "blue-pen*cil" | \ ˈblü-ˈpen(t)-səl \


    1: to edit especially by shortening or deletion

    Origin: 1883 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "pencil in" 


    1: to put (someone or something that may be changed later) on a schedule, list, etc. —sometimes used figuratively

    [Verb]  | "pencil" 


    1: as in ink, crayon;


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    [Verb]  | "pencil (in)" 


    1: as in pen, scribble;


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    [Verb]  | "blue-pencil" 


    1: to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it;


      * e.g., " ... military censors blue-penciled any remarks that could possibly be deemed critical "



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    [Verb]  | "red-pencil" 


    1: to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from;


      * e.g., " ... the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print "



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    2: to remove objectionable parts from;


      * e.g., " ... a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness "



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     [ "pencil" ]

    1: A writting stick.

      * e.g.,  ... starfish: hey can i borrow a pencil? cow: you mean writing stick? starfish: screw you. 

     [ "pencil" ]

    1: An abused instrument that is constantly being chucked a harmless bystanders.

      * e.g.,  ... *throws pencil*. Billy,"Owww!". 

     [ "pencil" ]

    1: A writing tool used to mark paper. Made of graphite and wood and is very cheap.

      * e.g.,  ... No example for this definition 

     [ "pencil" ]

    1: Something you start chewing on when you got no food at home.

      * e.g.,  ... "Mmmmmmm.... this is good shit!" 

     [ "pencil" ]

    1: )A writing and drawing tool made of graphite and wood. Comes in various shapes (lenght, color). Also available in different degrees of strenght (in Germany: 2B, B, HB, H, 2H - from soft to hard).

      * e.g.,  ... ) American in a russian space-station MIR:  

     [ "pencil" ]

    2: Can be used in zero-gravity.

      * e.g.,  ... American: *takes out a biro* 

     [ "pencil" ]

    3: )Also childish slang word for penis.

      * e.g.,  ... "See? We spend 100.000.000 $ to develop this new biro. One can write in space, underwater and upside-down with it." 

     [ "pencil" ]

    1: to straighten the body (neck and back primarily, sometimes legs) through sheer panic or unease

      * e.g.,  ... Maxwell pencilled at the suggestion of dancing with him 

     [ "pencil" ]

    1: A writing utensil that is quite useful.

      * e.g.,  ... May I borrow that pencil of yours please? 

     [ "pencil" ]

    2: Can be found in numerous places around the world.

     [ "pencil" ]

    1: a magical drawing stick.

      * e.g.,  ... i liek thsi pencil 

     [ "pencil" ]

    1: 1) a graphite shaft encased in wood, usually with some type of rubber eraser fashioned to the end

      * e.g.,  ... 1) 

     [ "pencil" ]

    2: 2) licnep spelled backwards

      * e.g.,  ... Steve: Dang! I broke my graphite shaft encased in wood! 

     [ "pencil" ]

    1:  A cylindrical writing utensil filled with graphite.

      * e.g.,  ...  "yo pass me that pencil, Gangsta!" 

     [ "pencil" ]

    2:  Someone who is particularly thin

      * e.g.,  ...  "Hey there Chris D, Whats up pencil dude? 

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