penciling

[ pen-suh-ling ]
/ ˈpɛn sə lɪŋ /
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noun

work or markings done with or as if with a pencil or brush, especially fine or delicate work done with a pencil or brush on a painting or drawing.
a drawing or sketch made with a pencil.

Origin of penciling

First recorded in 1700–10; pencil + -ing1

Words nearby penciling

pencil gate, pencil pusher, pencil skirt, pencil stripe, penciliform, penciling, pend, pend oreille, penda, pendant, pendelikon

Definition for penciling (2 of 2)

pencil
[ pen-suh l ]
/ ˈpɛn səl /

noun

verb (used with object), pen·ciled, pen·cil·ing or (especially British) pen·cilled, pen·cil·ling.

to write, draw, mark, or color with, or as if with, a pencil.
to use a pencil on.

Verb Phrases

pencil in, to schedule or list tentatively, as or as if by writing down in pencil rather than in ink: I'll pencil you in for ten o'clock.

Origin of pencil

1350–1400; Middle English pencel < Middle French pincel ≪ Latin pēnicillus painter's brush or pencil, diminutive of pēniculus little tail. See penis, -cule1

OTHER WORDS FROM pencil

pen·cil·er; especially British, pen·cil·ler, noun pen·cil·like, adjective un·pen·ciled, adjective un·pen·cilled, adjective

Words related to penciling

compose, rewrite, create, scrawl, sign, note, record, pen, draft, address, print, scribble, tell, write, paint, mark, ghost, engross, transcribe, formulate

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British Dictionary definitions for penciling

pencil
/ (ˈpɛnsəl) /

noun

verb -cils, -cilling or -cilled or US -cils, -ciling or -ciled (tr)

Derived forms of pencil

penciller or US penciler, noun

Word Origin for pencil

C14: from Old French pincel, from Latin pēnicillus painter's brush, from pēniculus a little tail, from pēnis tail

Idioms and Phrases with penciling

pencil

see put lead in one's pencil.