a small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.-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.-hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.-an aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.-a number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.-a small medicated bougie.-to write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.