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port-crayon, ‖ porte-crayon|pɔətˈkreɪɒn, pɔrtkrɛjɔ̃|
[ad. F. porte-crayon: see porte- and crayon.]
An instrument used to hold a crayon for drawing; usually a metal tube split at the end and held by a sliding ring so as to grasp the crayon.
1720T. Page Art Paint. 4 Black Lead in the Lump..used in an Instrument..called a Porto-Crion. 1769Sir J. Reynolds Disc. ii. (1876) 324 That the port-crayon ought to be for ever in your hands. 1859Athenæum 6 Aug. 182/2 [They] desire us to say that the testimonial is not a ‘pencil⁓case’, but a ‘port-crayon’. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. ix. 304 He painted a charming water-colour of me..with a magnificent port-crayon in my hand. |