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Definition of 'crayon'

noun

Writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing [syn: crayon, wax crayon]

verb

Write, draw, or trace with a crayon

From: GCIDE

Crayon \Cray"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crayoned (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crayoning.] [Cf. F. crayonner.] To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan. [1913 Webster]
He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had crayoned out. --Malone. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Crayon \Cray"on\ (kr?"?n), n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Cont['e] Cont['e]'s pencil, i. e., one made a black compound invented by Cont['e]), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf. Cretaceous.]
1. An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders. [1913 Webster]
Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Note: The black crayon gives a deeper black than the lead pencil. This and the colored crayons are often called chalks. The red crayon is also called sanguine. See Chalk, and Sanguine. [1913 Webster]
2. A crayon drawing. [1913 Webster]
3. (Electricity) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light. [1913 Webster]
Crayon board, cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing.
Crayon drawing, the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawing made with crayons. [1913 Webster]