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