pencil flower (pensilflou"er)

Any plant of the genus Stylos ant hes: a translation of the genus name. pencil i form (pen's il-i-fôrm), a. [ IMG:content-2609.png:[graphic] Penciling.- Breast-feathers of Partridge Cochin Hen. of some birds; specifically, with reference to the females of some varieties of the domestic hen, as the plumage of the partridge cochin and the dark brahma, a distinct and beautiful marking of the separate feathers in concentric lines. In a finished drawing the uneffaced penciling is often serviceable. Ruskin , Elements of Drawing (ed. 1872), p. 27. The pencillings of light that show the exquisite delicacy and gracefulne of some ancient stone-cut ornament. C. E. Norton, Travel and Study in Italy, p. 8. pencilled, pencilling. See penciled, penciling Pencil-work; painting; penciling. Where nature pencils butterflies on flow'rs. W. Harte. pencilryt (pen Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1497. pencilryt (pen sil-ri), 'sil-ri), n. [ IMG:content-2610.png:[blocks in formation] g. It was employed, before the introduction of blocks, for painting in parts of a design by means of an artists' pencil. pencil-case (pen's il-kās), n. A holder for a pencil, either plain or of costly material and richly' ornamented. It may be adapted to receive an ordinary wooden lead-pencil, or a lead consisting of a small rod of graphite, of which the point is caused by a spring constantly to protrude from its sheath. Pencil cases are usually provided with a device, such as a slide or a screw, for drawing the pencil within the case when not in use. Those for small leads often have small box for spare leads at the end opposite the point, while those for lead-pencils not unusually have a seal at this end. I cannot set impre ion on their cheeks With all my circular hours, days, months, and years, But 'tis wip'd off with glo and pencilry . Middle ton and Rowley , World Tost at Tennis. An pencil-sharpener (pen's il-shärp"nėr), n. implement for sharpening the point of a lead pencil or a slate-pencil. In the common form the the pencil is or rotated against a fixed cutter or a series of cutting edges.