A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used
by painters for laying on colors.
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.
Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or
peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the
artist, descriptive writer, etc.
An aggregate or collection of
rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a
point.
A number of lines that
intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the
pencil point.
A small medicated
bougie.
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