Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 34
Pellucidly (adv.) In a pellucid manner.
Pellucidly (adv.) In a clear and lucid manner; "this is a lucidly written book" [syn: lucidly, pellucidly, limpidly, perspicuously].
Pelmata (n. pl. ) of Pelma.
Pelma (n.) (Zool.) The under surface of the foot.
Pelopium (n.) (Chem.) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.
Peloponnesian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece.
Peloponnesian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.
Peloponnesian (a.) Of or relating to Peloponnesus; "Peloponnesian War".
Peloria (n.) (Bot.) Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity.
Peloric (a.) (Bot.) Abnormally regular or symmetrical. -- Darwin.
Pelotage (n.) [F.] Packs or bales of Spanish wool.
Pelt (n.) The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. -- Sir T. Browne.
Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. -- Fuller.
Pelt (n.) The human skin. [Jocose] -- Dryden.
Pelt (n.) (Falconry) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
Pelt rot, A disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.
Pelted (imp. & p. p.) of Pelt.
Pelting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pelt.
Pelt (v. t.) To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.
The chidden billows seem to pelt the clouds. -- Shak.
Pelt (v. t.) To throw; to use as a missile.
My Phillis me with pelted apples plies. -- Dryden.
Pelt (v. i.) To throw missiles. -- Shak.
Pelt (v. i.) To throw out words. [Obs.]
Another smothered seems to pelt and swear. -- Shak.
Pelt (n.) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
Pelt (n.) The dressed hairy coat of a mammal [syn: fur, pelt].
Pelt (n.) Body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt, skin].
Pelt (v.) Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" [syn: pelt, bombard].
Pelt (v.) Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" [syn: pepper, pelt].
Pelt (v.) Rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" [syn: pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets].
Peltae (n. pl. ) of Pelta.
Pelta (n.) (Antiq.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
Pelta (n.) (Bot.) A flat apothecium having no rim. Peltate
Peltate (a.) Alt. of Peltated
Peltated (a.) Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. -- Pel"tate*ly, adv.
Peltate (a.) (Of a leaf shape) Round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example) [syn: peltate, shield- shaped].
Pelter (n.) One who pelts.
Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. [Obs.] "Let such pelters prate." -- Gascoigne.
Pelter (n.) A heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker].
Pelter (n.) A thrower of missiles; "the police were too busy to chase the pelters".
Peltiform (a.) Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate. -- Henslow.
Pelting (a.) Mean; paltry. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Pelting (n.) Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" [syn: rain, pelting].
Peltry (n.) Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
Peltryware (n.) Peltry. [Obs.]
Peludo (n.) (Zool.) The South American hairy armadillo ({Dasypus villosus).
Peludo (n.) Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts [syn: peludo, poyou, Euphractus sexcinctus].
Pelusiac (a.) Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.
Compare: Girdle
Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus.
Within the girdle of these walls. -- Shak.
Their breasts girded with golden girdles. -- Rev. xv. 6.
Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] -- Bacon.
From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. -- Cowper.
That gems the starry girdle of the year. -- Campbell.
Girdle (n.) (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by thesetting. See Illust. of Brilliant. -- Knight.
Girdle (n.) (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. -- Raymond.
Girdle (n.) (Zool.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
Girdle bone (Anat.), The sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid.
Girdle wheel, A spinning wheel.
Sea girdle (Zool.), A ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus.
Shoulder, Pectoral, & Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic.
To have under the girdle, To have bound to one, that is, in subjection.
Pelvic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.
Pelvic arch, or Pelvic girdle (Anat.), The two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the hind limbs are articulated. When fully ossified, the arch usually consists of three principal bones on each side, the ilium, ischium, and pubis, which are often closely united in the adult, forming the innominate bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.
Pelvic (a.) Of or relating to the pelvis; "pelvic exam"; "pelvic inflammation".
Pelvimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis. -- Coxe.
Pelvimeter (n.) Measuring instrument for performing pelvimetry.
Pelvis (n.) (Anat.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
Pelvis (n.) (Zool.) The calyx of a crinoid.
Pelvis of the kidney (Anat.), The basinlike cavity into which the ureter expands as it joins the kidney.
Pelvis (n.) The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates [syn: pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hip].
Pelvis (n.) A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter [syn: pelvis, renal pelvis].
Pemmican (n.) [Written also pemican.] Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.
Then on pemican they feasted. -- Longfellow.
Pemmican (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.
Pemmican (n.) A treatise of much thought in little compass.
Pemmican (n.) Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians [syn: pemmican, pemican].
Pemphigus (n.) (Med.) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body. -- Quain.
Pemphigus (n.) A skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane.
Pen (n.) A feather. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Pen (n.) A wing. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Pen (n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.
Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. -- Job xix. 24.
Pen (n.) Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. "Those learned pens." -- Fuller.
Pen (n.) (Zool.) The internal shell of a squid.
Pen (n.) (Zool.) A female swan ; -- contrasted with cob, the male swan. [Prov. Eng.]
Bow pen. See Bow-pen.
Dotting pen, A pen for drawing dotted lines.
Drawing pen, or Ruling pen, A pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained.
Fountain pen, Geometric pen. See under Fountain, and Geometric.
Music pen, A pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff.
Pen and ink, or pen-and-ink, Executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch.
Pen feather. A pin feather. [Obs.]
Pen name. See under Name.
Sea pen (Zool.), A pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen.]
Penned (imp. & p. p.) of Pen.
Penning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pen.
Pen (v. t.) To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. "A prayer elaborately penned." -- Milton.
Penned (imp. & p. p.) of Pen.
Pent () of Pen.
Penning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pen.
Pen (v. t,) To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. "Away with her, and pen her up." -- Shak.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. -- Milton.
Pen (n.) A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
My father stole two geese out of a pen. -- Shak.
Pen (n.) [From penitentiary.] A penitentiary[6]; a prison. [Slang]
Penitentiary (n.; pl. Penitentiaries.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Penitentiary (n.; pl. Penitentiaries.) One who does penance. [Obs.] -- Hammond.
Penitentiary (n.; pl. Penitentiaries.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed. -- Shpiley.
Penitentiary (n.; pl. Penitentiaries.) That part of a church to which penitents were admitted. -- Shipley.
Penitentiary (n.; pl. Penitentiaries.) (R. C. Ch.) (a) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.
Penitentiary (n.; pl. Penitentiaries.) (b) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.
Penitentiary (n.; pl. Penitentiaries.) 6. A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor; a prison; a jail.
Colloquially often shortened to pen.
Pen (n.) A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
Pen (n.) An enclosure for confining livestock.
Pen (n.) A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play [syn: playpen, pen].
Pen (n.) A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes [syn: penitentiary, pen].
Pen (n.) Female swan.
Pen (v.) Produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite].
PEN, () Public Education Network.
Penang (Also Pinang) (proper noun) 檳城，又叫檳榔嶼、檳州同庇能（馬來文Pulau Pinang、意為檳榔之島，馬來語爪夷文ڤينڠ）係馬來西亞十三個聯邦州之一，西馬來半島西北側，北隔玻璃市州與泰國南部相鄰，西隔馬剌呷海峽與印尼蘇門答臘島相對。An island of Malaysia, situated off the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. In 1786 it was ceded to the East India Company as a British colony by the sultan of Kedah. Known as Prince of Wales Island until 1867, it united with Malacca and Singapore in a union of 1826, which in 1867 became the British colony called the Straits Settlements. It joined the federation of Malaya in 1948.
Penang (Also Pinang) (proper noun) A state of Malaysia, consisting of the island of Penang and a coastal strip on the mainland; capital, George Town (on Penang island). The mainland strip was united with the island in 1798 as part of the British colony.
Penang (Also Pinang) (proper noun) Another name for George Town (sense 2).
Penal (a.) Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as;
Penal (a.) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code.
Penal (a.) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense.
Penal (a.) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. "Adamantine chains and penal fire." -- Milton.
Penal code (Law), A code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment.
Penal laws, Penal statutes (Law), Laws prohibiting certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
Penal servitude, Imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.]
Penal suit, Penal action (Law), A suit for penalties.
Penal (a.) Of or relating to punishment; "penal reform"; "penal code".
Penal (a.) Serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude".
Penal (a.) Subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" [syn: penal, punishable].
PENAL. () That which may be punished; that which inflicts a punishment.
Penality (n.) The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment. -- Sir T. Browne.
Penalize (v. t.) To make penal.
Penalize (v. t.) (Sport.) To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3. [Eng.]
Penalize (v.) Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" [syn: punish, penalize, penalise].
Penally (adv.) In a penal manner.
Penalties (n. pl. ) of Penalty.
Penalty (n.) Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass.
Death is the penalty imposed. -- Milton.
Penalty (n.) The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine.
The penalty and forfeit of my bond. -- Shak.
Penalty (n.) A handicap.
[Sporting Cant]
Note: The term penalty is in law mostly applied to a pecuniary punishment.
Bill of pains and penalties. See under Bill.
On penalty of, or Under penalty of, On pain of; with exposure to the penalty of, in case of transgression.
Penalty (n.) The act of punishing [syn: punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation].
Penalty (n.) A payment required for not fulfilling a contract.
Penalty (n.) The disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty" [ant: advantage, reward].
Penalty (n.) (Games) A handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game.
PENALTY, () contr. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay
a certain sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfill the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.
PENALTY, () A penal clause in an agreement supposes two obligations, one of which is the primitive or principal; and the other, is, conditional or accessory.
PENALTY, () The penal obligation differs from an alternative obligation, for this is but one in its essence; while a penalty always includes two distinct engagements, and, when the first is fulfilled, the second is void. When a breach has taken place, the obligee has his option to require the fulfillment of the first obligation, or' the payment of the penalty, in those cases which cannot be relieved in equity, when the penalty is considered as liquidated damages. Dalloz, Dict. mots Obligation avec clause penale.
PENALTY, () It is difficult, in many cases, to distinguish between a penalty and liquidated damages. In general, the courts have inclined to consider the sum reserved by such agreement to be a penalty, rather than as stipulated damages. (q.v.)
PENALTY, () The sum will be considered as a penalty, and not as liquidated damages, in the following cases: 1. When the parties to the agreement have expressly declared the sum to be a penalty, and no other intent is to be collected from the instrument. 2 Bos. & P. 346; 1 H. Bl. 227; 1 Pick. 45 1; 4 Pick. 179; 7 Wheat. 14; 3 John. Cases, 297. 2. When from the form of the instrument, as in the case of a money bond, it is sufficiently clear a penalty was intended.
PENALTY, () When it is doubtful whether the sum was intended as a penalty or not, and a certain damage or debt is made payable on the face of the instrument. 2 B. & P. 350; 3 C. & P. 240. 4. When the agreement was evidently made for the attainment of another object, to which the sum, specified is wholly collateral, 11 Mass. 76; 15 Mass. 488; 1 Bro. C. C. 418, 419. 5. When the agreement contains several matters, of different degrees of importance, and yet the sum mentioned is payable for the breach of any, even the least. 6 Bing. 141; 5 Bing. N. C. 390; 7 Scott, 364. 6. When the contract is not under seal, and the damages may be ascertained and estimated; and this though the parties have expressly declared the sum to be as liquidated damages. 2B. & Ald. 704; 6 B. & C. 216; 4 Dall. 150; 5 Cowen, 144. See 2 Greenl. Ev. 258. 1 Holt N. P. C. 43 1 Bing. R. 302; S. C. 8 Moore, 244; 4 Burr. 2229.
PENALTY, () 6. The penalty remains unaffected, although the condition may have been partially performed; as in a case where the penalty was one thousand dollars, and the condition was to pay an annuity of one hundred dollars, which had been paid for ten years; the penalty was still valid. 5 Verm. 365.
PENALTY, () 7. A distinction seems to be made in courts of equity between penalties
and forfeitures. In cases of forfeiture for the breach of any covenant other than a covenant to pay rent, relief will not be granted in equity, unless upon the ground of accident, fraud, mistake, or surprise, when the breach is capable of compensation. Edin. on Inj. 22; 16 Ves. 403; S. C. 18 Ves. 58 3 Ves. 692; 4 Bouv. List. n. 3915.
PENALTY, () By penalty is understood, also, the punishment inflicted by law for its violation; the term is mostly applied to a pecuniary punishment. See 6 Pet. 404; 10 Wheat. 246; 1 Gall. R. 26; 2 Gall. R. 515; 1 Mason, R. 243; 3 John. Cas. 297: R. 451; 15 Mass. 488; 7 John. 72 4 Mass. 433; 8 Mass. 223; 8 Com. Dig. 846; 16 Vin. Ab. 301; 1 Vern. 83, n.; 1 Saund. 58, n.; 1 Swans. 318; 1 Wash. C. C. R. 1; 2 Wash. C. C. R. 323; Paine, C. C. R. 661; 7 Wheat. 13. See, generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Penance (n.) Repentance. [Obs.] -- Wyclif (Luke xv. 7).
Penance (n.) Pain; sorrow; suffering. [Obs.] "Joy or penance he feeleth none." -- Chaucer.
Penance (n.) (Eccl.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. -- Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
And bitter penance, with an iron whip. -- Spenser.
Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, And penance more will do." -- Coleridge.
Hence: Any act performed by a person to atone for an offense to another; an act of atonement. [Colloq.]
Penanced (imp. & p. p.) of Penance.
Penance (v. t.) To impose penance; to punish. "Some penanced lady elf." -- Keats.
Penance (n.) Remorse for your past conduct [syn: repentance, penitence, penance].
Penance (n.) A Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution.
Penance (n.) Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing [syn: penance, self-mortification, self-abasement].
PENANCE, () eccl. law. An ecclesiastical punishment, inflicted by an ecclesiastical court, for some spiritual offence. Ayl. Par. 420.
Penanceless (a.) Free from penance. [R.]
Penang nut () (Bot.) The betel nut. -- Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Penannular (a.) Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring. "Penannular relics." -- D. Wilson.
Penary (a.) Penal. [Obs.] -- Gauden.
Penates (n. pl.) [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.
Penaunt (n.) A penitent. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Pence (n.) pl. of Penny. See Penny.
Penny (n.; pl. Pennies or Pence) A former English coin, originally of copper, then of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).
Note: "The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier." -- R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see Pennyweight). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent.
Penny (n.; pl. Pennies or Pence) Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. -- Shak.
Penny (n.; pl. Pennies or Pence) Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent? -- Shak.
Penny (n.; pl. Pennies or Pence) (Script.) See Denarius.
Penny cress (Bot.), An annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi arvense). Also spelled pennycress. -- Dr. Prior.
Penny dog (Zool.), A kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope.
Penny pincher, Penny father, A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. The latter phrase is now obsolete. -- Robinson (More's Utopia).
Penny grass (Bot.), Pennyroyal. [R.]
Penny post, Apost carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier.
Penny wise, Wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; penny-wise; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish.
Pencel (n.) [See Pennoncel.] A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; -- called also pennoncel. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman. -- Chaucer.
Penchant (n.) Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
Penchant (n.) (Card Playing) A game like b['e]zique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together.
Penchant (n.) A strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" [syn: preference, penchant, predilection, taste].
Penchant (n.) [ C usually singular ] 偏好，傾向，嗜好 A liking for, an enjoyment of, or a habit of doing something, especially something that other people might not like.
// A penchant for melodrama/ skiing/ exotic clothes.
// Her penchant for disappearing for days at a time worries her family.
Penchute (n.) See Penstock.
Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
With subtile pencil depainted was this storie. -- Chaucer.
Pencil (n.) 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.
Pencil (n.) Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.
Pencil (n.) (Opt.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
Pencil (n.) (Geom.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.
Pencil (n.) (Med.) A small medicated bougie.
Pencil case, A holder for pencil lead.
Pencil flower (Bot.), An American perennial leguminous herb ({Stylosanthes elatior).
Pencil lead, A slender rod of black lead, or the like, adapted for insertion in a holder.
Penciled (imp. & p. p.) of Pencil.
Pencilled () of Pencil.
Penciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pencil.
Pencilling () of Pencil.
Pencil (v. t.) To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw. -- Cowper.
Where nature pencils butterflies on flowers. -- Harte.
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.
Pencil (n.) A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood.
Pencil (n.) 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".
Pencil (n.) A figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point.
Pencil (n.) A cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil".
Pencil (v.) Write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure".
PENCIL, () Pictorial ENCodIng Language. On-line system to display line structures. Sammet 1969, 675.
PENCIL. () An instrument made of plumbago, black lead, red chalk, or other suitable substance, for writing without ink.
PENCIL. () It has been holden that a will written with a pencil, could riot, on this account, be annulled. 1 Phillim. R. 1; 2 Phillim. 173.
Penciled (a.) Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil.
Penciled (a.) Radiated; having pencils of rays.
Penciled (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Marked with parallel or radiating lines.
Penciled (a.) Drawn or written with a pencil; "a penciled sketch"; "the penciled message" [syn: penciled, pencilled].
Penciling (n.) [Written also pencilling.] The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture.
Penciling (n.) (Brickwork) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall. -- Knight. Pencillate
Pencillate (a.) Alt. of Pencillated
Pencillated (a.) Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.
Pencraft (n.) Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.
Pencraft (n.) The art of composing or writing; authorship.
I would not give a groat for that person's knowledge in pencraft. -- Sterne.