'blue-pencil' definitions:

Definition of 'blue-pencil'

(from WordNet)
verb
Cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes" [syn: edit, blue-pencil, delete]

Definition of 'blue-pencil'

From: GCIDE
  • Bluenoser \Blue"nos`er\); a Nova Scotian potato, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] blue-pencil \blue-pencil\ v. t. to change, delete, or abridge (a portion of a text) with a blue pencil (or as if with a blue pencil), as in the editing process; -- of books, etc. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]