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pencil crayon — I Canadian Slang colored pencil. II Canadian Slang coloured pencil … English dialects glossary
Crayon — Cray on (kr? ?n), n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Cont[ e] Cont[ e] s pencil, i. e., one made a black compound invented by Cont[ e]), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crayon board — Crayon Cray on (kr? ?n), n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Cont[ e] Cont[ e] s pencil, i. e., one made a black compound invented by Cont[ e]), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crayon drawing — Crayon Cray on (kr? ?n), n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Cont[ e] Cont[ e] s pencil, i. e., one made a black compound invented by Cont[ e]), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pencil-sharpener — /ˈpɛnsəl ʃapnə/ (say pensuhl shahpnuh) noun any device, usually containing a blade, used for sharpening the point of a pencil, crayon, etc …
Crayon — Deux bouts de crayon HB … Wikipédia en Français
pencil — ⇒PENCIL, subst. masc. Vx. Crayon de maquillage pour les sourcils, les yeux, les lèvres. Ses yeux (...) distinguaient au milieu d un attirail de miroirs à main, de pencils, patte de lièvre, boîtes à poudre et à onguents, (...) l infortunée Déborah … Encyclopédie Universelle
crayon — 1640s, from Fr. crayon pencil (16c.), originally chalk pencil, from craie chalk, from L. creta chalk, pipe clay, of unknown origin. Not now considered to mean Cretan earth, as once was believed … Etymology dictionary
pencil — [pen′səl] n. [ME pencel < MFr pincel < VL * penicellus < L penicillus, a brush < dim. of penis, a tail, PENIS: mod. sense & form infl. by PEN2] 1. Archaic an artist s small, fine brush 2. the individual style or ability of an artist 3 … English World dictionary
crayon — [krā′ən, krā′än΄] n. [Fr, pencil < craie, chalk < L creta, chalk, white earth, prob. < (terra) creta, sifted (earth) < pp. of cernere, to sift: see CRISIS] 1. a small stick of chalk, charcoal, or colored wax, used for drawing,… … English World dictionary
