'Penciling' definitions:

Definition of 'Penciling'

From: GCIDE
  • Penciling \Pen"cil*ing\, n. [Written also pencilling.]
  • 1. The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Brickwork) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall. --Knight. [1913 Webster] Pencillate

Definition of 'Penciling'

From: GCIDE
  • Pencil \Pen"cil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penciledor 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]

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