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Meanings of pencil in English

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haz de rayos

Beam of electromagnetic radiation or charged particles.

haz de rayos

USA nonprofit organization.

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Usage of pencil in English
1
They explained the situation and Sandoval said he didn't have a pencil.
The new yorker
2
Yes, it will do in pencil; I even prefer it in pencil.
Hugo: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
3
It was written in pencil; and the handwriting was irregular and indistinct.
The Count's Millions
4
Someone with perfect pitch needs only pencil and paper to write music.
An unfinished score
5
He drew capital pencil sketches of the leading critics in his note-book.
Better Dead
6
He treasured the words; fondled them with the point of his pencil.
Bunker Bean
7
Poppy had started using her pencil to poke holes in her paper.
The city of ember: book 1
8
Before the Internet, successful genres spawned pencil and paper games, not MMORPGs.
Wired
9
He drew the band back and displayed the name in indelible pencil.
The Long Chance
10
Spinrobin surreptitiously picked up his pencil; but the clergyman spied the movement.
The Human Chord
11
The pencil dropped, and we had to replace it in the hand.
The Sea-Wolf
12
The name was printed, and the address was added in pencil: Mr.
Little Novels
13
The painter has but the same pencil-thesculptor the chisel of centuries.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
14
The graves are overgrown and the crosses are marked with indelible pencil.
Mufti
15
The judge rapped his pencil on the desk in a nervous tattoo.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
16
Sliding the pencil across the paper, Regan lost herself in her sketch.
Darkness unleashed
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Pencil through the time
Pencil across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common
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