pencil markn.
/ˈpɛnslmɑːk/, U.S. /ˈpɛnsəlˌmɑrk/ A mark or annotation made with a pencil; (also) a natural mark on an animal resembling this (cf. pencilling n. 1, 3).
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society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > [noun] > pencil mark
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > band or stripe > mark resembling pencil-line
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pencilling1909
1815 Ld. Byron Let. June (1975) IV. 295 With the whole since my last pencil marks in the first pages—I have no fault to find.
1855 D. G. Rossetti Let. 25 June (1965) I. 257 Ruskin has been reading those translations since you, and says he could wish no better than to ink your pencil-marks as his criticisms.
1880 H. Dalziel Brit. Dogs ii. xxi. 332 Feet tanned, but the knuckles with a clear black line, called the ‘pencil mark’, up their ridge.
1912 H. James Let. 13 Mar. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) iv. 215 The 1st page or two [of a letter] of which your pencil-marks refer to me.
1931 A. C. Smith About our Dogs xvi. 245 The standard of the Black-and-Tan Terrier Club:..the forelegs tanned up to the knees, with black lines (pencil marks) up each toe.
1991 Choice Jan. 69/2 When the ink is really dry, you can rub away the pencil marks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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