Pencilling

3 definitions found

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

  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.
     [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pencilling
       See {pencil}