单词 | grease pencil |
释义 | > as lemmasgrease pencil grease pencil n. a pencil made with coloured wax, typically used for marking hard, glossy, or non-porous surfaces such as glass or porcelain; a similar implement for applying cosmetic shading or colouring effects to the face or body (esp. around the eyes); (also) marks made or the cosmetic applied with such a pencil.Cf. china pencil n., chinagraph pencil. ΚΠ 1890 Beauty: Its Attainm. & Preserv. xxviii. 374 The point of the grease pencil used for darkening the brows is drawn about the edges of the lids just at the roots of the lashes. 1911 Tel. (Brisbane) 15 Aug. 5/5 He corked the bottles after they were filled. He also marked them with a grease pencil before filling. 1977 R. L. Hall Exit Sherlock Holmes (1979) x. 136 A beard stuck on my face with spirit gum, and lines of age marked my cheeks in grease pencil. 1987 N. Roberts Playboy Prince (2003) viii. 198 Chantel set down the grease pencil she'd been using to touch up her eyes. 2000 C. D. Whiteman Mountain Meteorol. ix. 128 Frontal positions and high and low pressure centers can be recorded on a transparent acetate sheet using different color grease pencils. 2014 M. Pitre Fives & Twenty-fives 311 Notations appeared in grease pencil on the laminated wall map. < as lemmas |
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