Penaunt
(Pen"aunt) n. [OF. penant, peneant. See Penitent.] A penitent. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pence
(Pence) n., pl. of Penny. See Penny.
Pencel
(Pen"cel) n. [See Pennoncel.] A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; —
called also pennoncel. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
Penchant
(||Pen`chant") n. [F., fr. pencher to bend, fr. (assumed) LL. pendicare, L. pendere. See
Pendant.] Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
Penchute
(Pen"chute`) n. See Penstock.
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.
With subtile pencil depainted was this storie.
Chaucer. 2. 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.
3. Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the
artist, descriptive writer, etc.
4. (Opt.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a
point.
5. (Geom.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil
point.
6. (Med.) A small medicated bougie.
Pencil case, a holder for pencil lead. - - Pencil flower (Bot.), an American perennial leguminous
herb — Pencil lead, a slender rod of black lead, or the like, adapted for insertion in a holder.
Pencil
(Pen"cil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penciled or Pencilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Penciling or Pencilling.]
To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw. Cowper.
Where nature pencils butterflies on flowers.
Harte. Penciled
(Pen"ciled) a. [Written also pencilled.]
1. Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil.
2. Radiated; having pencils of rays.
3. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with parallel or radiating lines.
Penciling
(Pen"cil*ing) n. [Written also pencilling.]
1. The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture.
2. (Brickwork) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall. Knight.
Pencillate
(Pen"cil*late Pen"cil*la`ted) a. Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.
