strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal. 2. an official reprimand, as by a legislative body of one of its members. verb (used with object), censured, censuring. 3. to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner: She is more to be pitied than censured.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Crayon. A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk or other material. A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel. A grease pencil or china marker is made of colored hardened grease. There are also watercolour crayons, sometimes called watersoluble crayons.
Crayola did not invent the crayon. Records show that Europe was the birthplace of the modern crayon. The first crayons were made from a mixture of charcoal and oil. Later, powdered pigments of various hues replaced the charcoal. It was discovered that substituting wax for the oil in the mixture made the sticks sturdier and easier to handle. Crayola Crayons were invented by Binney & Smith in 1902 and first offered for sale in 1903. Alice (Stead) Binney, a school teacher and wife of co-founder Edwin Binney, suggested the company manufacture an inexpensive alternative to imported crayons of that era. The trade name Crayola was coined by Mrs. Edwin Binney who joined the French word craie, meaning stick of chalk and ola from the word oleaginous, meaning oily. Crayola Crayons are made primarily from paraffin wax and color pigment.