[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pencil \pen"cil\, v. t. imp.  p. p. penciledor pencilled;
   p. pr.  vb. n. penciling or pencilling.
   to write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
   --cowper.
   1913 webster

         where nature pencils butterflies on flowers. --harte.
   1913 webster

   pencil in to write a tentative appoinment on an
      appointment calendar, so as to reserve time, but to allow
      the appointment to be readily canceled and replaced with
      another; -- also used figuratively, with other means of
      recording appointments. the notion being that something
      written in pencil can be more easily changed than
      something written in ink. the phrase is commonly used in
      the early stages of organizing a meeting of multiple
      persons, before it is known whether all attendees will be
      free at the suggested time.
      pjc
see also:
penciled pencilled penciling pencilling pencil in 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pencil \pen"cil\, n. of. pincel, f. pinceau, l. penicillum,
   penicillus, equiv. to peniculus, dim. of penis a tail. cf.
   penicil.
   1. a small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters
      for laying on colors.
      1913 webster

            with subtile pencil depainted was this storie.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. a slender cylinder or strip of black lead, graphite,
      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.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar
      manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the
      artist, descriptive writer, etc.
      1913 webster

   4. opt. an aggregate or collection of rays of light,
      especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
      1913 webster

   5. geom. a number of lines that intersect in one point, the
      point of intersection being called the pencil point.
      1913 webster

   6. med. a small medicated bougie.
      1913 webster

   pencil case, a holder for pencil lead.

   pencil flower bot., an american perennial leguminous herb
      stylosanthes elatior.

   pencil lead, a slender rod of black lead, or the like,
      adapted for insertion in a holder.
      1913 webster
see also:
penicil graphite pencil case pencil flower stylosanthes elatior pencil lead 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pencil
     n 1: a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of
          marking substance encased in wood
     2: graphite or a similar substance used in such a way as to
        be a medium of communication; "the words were scribbled in
        pencil"; "this artist's favorite medium is pencil"
     3: a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays
        meeting at a point
     4: a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a
        particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil"
     v : write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"
     also: pencilling, pencilled
see also:
pencilling pencilled 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

175 moby thesaurus words for "pencil":
   x ray, actinic ray, actinism, air brush, art paper, atomic beam,
   atomic ray, beam, beam of light, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish,
   blotch, brand, brush, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas,
   cartoon, chalk, chalk up, charcoal, check, check off, cicatrize,
   color, copy, copy out, crayon, crosshatch, dapple, dash, dash off,
   daub, define, delimit, delineate, demarcate, depict, design,
   diagram, discolor, doodle, dot, draft, draw, draw up,
   drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier, easel, edit, enface, engrave,
   engross, fixative, fleck, freckle, gamma ray, gash, genre, gleam,
   ground, hatch, impress, imprint, infrared ray, inscribe,
   invisible radiation, lay figure, leam, limn, line, lines,
   make a mark, make a recension, make out, mark, mark off, mark out,
   maulstick, medium, mottle, movement, nick, notch, paint,
   paint a picture, paintbrush, palette, palette knife, pastel, patch,
   pen, pepper, photon, picture, picturize, pigments, point, portray,
   prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, push the pen,
   put in writing, radiation, radiorays, ray, ray of light, recense,
   record, revise, rewrite, ribbon, ribbon of light, riddle, scar,
   scarify, school, score, scotch, scratch, scratchboard, scribe,
   scrive, scroll, scumble, seal, seam, shade, siccative, sketch,
   sketchbook, sketchpad, solar rays, spatula, speck, speckle,
   spill ink, splotch, spoil paper, spot, spray gun, stain, stamp,
   stencil, stigmatize, streak, stream, stream of light, streamer,
   striate, stripe, stump, style, superscribe, tattoo,
   the grand style, tick, tick off, tint, trace, transcribe, type,
   ultraviolet ray, underline, underscore, varnish, violet ray, write,
   write down, write out

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

pencil
     
        pictorial encoding language.  on-line system to display line
        structures.  sammet 1969, 675.
     
     

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

pencil. an instrument made of plumbago, black lead, red chalk, or other 
suitable substance, for writing without ink. 
     2. it has been holden that a will written with a pencil, could riot, on 
this account, be annulled. 1 phillim. r. 1; 2 phillim. 173. 

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