单词 | pencilled |
释义 | pencilledpenciledadj. I. Senses relating to the use of a pencil. 1. a. Inscribed or decorated with, or as with, a pencil (in various senses); delicately marked, streaked, or striped with thin lines (as opposed to blocks) of colour or shading. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] > streaked brinded1430 straked1537 branded1561 flaked1577 pencilled1592 streaked1600 brandy1608 striated1646 straky1650 bestreakeda1658 tabby1665 whipped1673 brindle1676 brindled1678 striate1678 rowy1742 streaky1747 virgated1803 roded1841 fibrilloso-striate1846 roey1850 tabbied1861 rody1864 the world > plants > appearance of plant > plant defined by colour or marking > [adjective] > having particular type marking or colouring streaked1600 marbled1629 muscadine1646 agated1665 silver-cupped1688 red-top1705 tessellated1723 lineate1777 fancy1793 red-tipped1800 areolated1802 white-lipped1813 variegated1818 pennaceous1819 streak-flowered1822 limbate1826 unbroken1829 sanguine-heart1840 rivulose1843 pencilled1846 areolate1847 notate1857 sigillate1858 discolor1859 discolorous1860 fumose1866 fumous1866 tricolour1866 unnetted1869 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 28 I went forward,..examining..what direction and arte of painting hee had obserued with a pensiled distribution [It. pensiculata distributione] to make whole proportions in a smoothe and flat playne. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. F3v Small pensild eye browes, like to glorious rainbowes. 1749 E. Synge Let. 6 June (1996) 99 I shall want another Bed of the pencil'd Cotton. 1767 G. G. Beekman Let. 5 Jan. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 507 Above 12 pieces Cottons as Little Red in them as Possible no penciled Cottons. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 109 Her China Closet,..For Woman's Wonder, held her pencill'd Ware. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 304 The various rich-coloured stripes..of a fine tulip, should..terminate in fine broken points, elegantly feathered or pencilled. 1868 J. Chapman Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 450 The Wild Chestnut..well deserving its name for its exquisitely-pencilled delicate pink flowers. 1899 R. Bridges Idle Flowers vii Woodsorrel's pencilled veil. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 212 My reddened lips and my finely pencilled eyebrows. 1999 Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide Apr. 25/2 (advt.) A Worcester pencilled teabowl and saucer. b. Zoology. Marked with fine streaks or stripes; spec. designating or having feathers with fine transverse bars; of or relating to poultry with such markings. ΚΠ 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 719 (margin) Pencilled Ph[easant]. 1794 W. Hayes Portraits Rare & Curious Birds I. 13 Pencilled Chinese Pheasant... The middle feathers of the tail are white, the other feathers are pencilled with black lines. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. 244 Spangled feathers have a dark mark, properly crescent-shaped, on their tips; whilst pencilled feathers have several transverse bars. 1896 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 467 The feather markings of the penciled varieties differ greatly from those of the spangled. 1943 Amer. Naturalist 77 497 The presence of so much pigment gave the penciled area of the sample feather a light dun appearance. 1954 A. Roberts Mammals S. Afr. (ed. 2) 153 The tail of true [Cynictis] penicillata is much darker, being ‘ochraceous’ above, pencilled with black. 1985 Brit. Poultry Sci. 26 409 The pencilled phenotype has been presumed to be caused by the presence of a pencilling gene. 2. Originally: †painted or depicted with a fine brush (obsolete). Now: drawn or sketched with a graphite or similar pencil. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > other techniques pencilled1594 needle-painted?1609 Poona-painted1859 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [adjective] > drawn > in specific medium pencilled1594 pen and ink1810 chalked1823 pen-and-pencila1845 pen-and-wash1893 line-drawn1903 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K4v So Lvcrece set a worke, sad tales doth tell To pencel'd pensiuenes, & colour'd sorrow. View more context for this quotation 1604 T. Dekker Magnificent Entertainm. sig. H3v Crownes on their heads, and Scepters with pensild scutchions in their hands. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Lady Contemplation i. iv. xviii, in Playes Written 200 Effem. Love. And are not you in love with it? Poor Vir. No truly, no more than with a pencilled Picture. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 417 Satisfied with only pencill'd scenes. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. viii. 135 I feasted instead on the spectacle of ideal drawings..; all the work of my own hands: freely pencilled houses and trees. 1990 J. Rose Modigliani (BNC) 100 Nina found them very beautiful, looked through carefully and chose a pencilled head and paid him. 3. Written or made with a pencil. Also figurative: provisionally or tentatively reserved, arranged, proposed, etc. (cf. to pencil in at pencil v. 2c). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [adjective] > writing or written with specific instrument pencilled1794 pencilling1806 stylographic1808 chalked1823 biroed1962 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 24 The pencilled lines on the wainscot met her eye. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. v. 74 There were the pencilled marks..by the window. View more context for this quotation 1875 T. H. Huxley in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) I. xxx. 448 A pencilled request that I would call on him. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 7/4 He was not told that the list of engagements given him were what was known in the profession as ‘pencilled bookings’, which required confirmation by managers. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xiv. 309 It proved to be an empty cigarette container torn open and spread smooth, and on the white inner side was a pencilled message. 2003 State Jrnl.-Register (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 16 Nov. 19 Loose leaf filler pages, written in either Mom's or Grandma's penciled handwriting. II. Bearing or forming a pencil. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [adjective] > having a pencil for drawing pencilled1593 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 79v In a third place, is there a grosse-pencild Painter. 5. Zoology and Botany. Bearing a small tuft of hairs; penicillate. Cf. pencil n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > hairiness > tuft > having pencilled1720 penicillate1819 1720 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Insects 7 Such [caterpillers] as have pencil'd Horns, Erucæ penicillatæ antennæ. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 544 The long-tailed Felis, with pencilled ears. 1800 J. Hull Elements Bot. I. 142 The feathery pappus may be divided into feathery strictly so called.., and pencilled (penicillaris), of which the rays are rather naked below, but, towards the apex, are adorned with hairs gradually longer. 1905 W. L. Sclater in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Sci. in S. Afr. 126 Its [sc. the Caracal's] pencilled ears and the absence of the anterior upper premolar. 6. Of light: formed into pencils or narrow beams. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > [adjective] > forming rays pencilled1838 superradiant1954 1838 H. W. Herbert Cromwell I. i. ii. 24 The sun..darted long pencilled rays of light athwart the landscape from between the folds of gauze-like mist. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxiii. 287 Its penciled rays could be seen reaching nearly to the horizon. 1859 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 3 121 The aurora..shoots up in rays or beams, but frequently in arches;..sometimes returning in a counter motion,..at other times with upright pencilled rays. 1905 J. Davidson Theatrocrat iii. 156 Through labyrinthine thickets pencilled beams Explode in silvery silence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1592 |
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