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pencil-case|ˈpɛnsɪlˈkeɪs|
a. A holder for the reception of a pencil or pencil-lead (or of a similar slender stick of prepared aniline, etc.), usually of metal, and sometimes highly ornamented; also, a case of wood, leather, etc., for keeping pencils of any kind in.
1552Huloet, Pensyle case, graphiarium. 1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 84 This Tracing-Staff,..'tis the very Pencil-Case of him that traces Things upon the Ground. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Port-craion, a pencil-case, an instrument serving to inclose a pencil, and occasionally also used as a handle for holding it. It is usually four or five inches long, and contrived so as the pencil may be slid up and down it by means of a spring and button. 1869Winsor & Newton List of Water Colours, etc. 58 Round Pencil Cases. Flat leather Pencil Cases, etc. 1879Print. Trades Jrnl. xxix. 35 A large and massive gold pencil-case, a masterpiece of mechanical ingenuity.
b. Bookbinding. (See quot.)
1885W. J. E. Crane Bookbinding xvi. 132 This [pressing in at the joint] is very necessary, or the [end] paper may not properly ‘go home’ and adhere here, and..an unsightly protuberance of loose paper at the joint will be the result, which is generally termed a ‘pencil case’, and is a clear mark of bad bookbinding. |