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Crayon Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crayon? [n] writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing [v] write, draw, or trace with a crayon Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crayon: wax crayon Related Terms \| Find terms related to Crayon: air brush \| art paper \| black and white \| brouillon \| brush \| camera lucida \| camera obscura \| canvas \| cartoon \| chalk \| charcoal \| charcoal drawing \| chiaroscuro \| delineation \| design \| diagram \| doodle \| draft \| drawing \| drawing paper \| drawing pencil \| drier \| easel \| ebauche \| esquisse \| fixative \| graph \| ground \| lay figure \| line drawing \| maulstick \| medium \| paint \| paintbrush \| palette \| palette knife \| pastel \| pen-and-ink \| pencil \| pencil drawing \| pigments \| rough copy \| rough draft \| rough outline \| scratchboard \| siccative \| silhouette \| silver-print drawing \| sinopia \| sketch \| sketchbook \| sketchpad \| spatula \| spray gun \| study \| stump \| tracing \| varnish \| vignette See Also \| draw \| writing implement Crayon In Webster's Dictionary \Cray"on\ (kr?"?n), n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Cont['e] Cont['e]'s pencil, i. e., one made a black compound invented by Cont['e]), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf. {Cretaceous}.] 1. An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders. Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon. --Dryden. Note: The black crayon gives a deeper black than the lead pencil. This and the colored crayons are often called chalks. The red crayon is also called sanguine. See {Chalk}, and {Sanguine}. 2. A crayon drawing. 3. (Electricity) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light. {Crayon board}, cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing. {Crayon drawing}, the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawing made with crayons. \Cray"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crayoned} (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crayoning}.] [Cf. F. crayonner.] To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan. He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had crayoned out. --Malone.

Crayon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crayon?

[n] writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
[v] write, draw, or trace with a crayon

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crayon: wax crayon

See Also | draw | writing implement

Crayon In Webster's Dictionary

\Cray"on\ (kr?"?n), n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil
(crayon Cont['e] Cont['e]'s pencil, i. e., one made a black
compound invented by Cont['e]), fr. craie chalk, L. creta;
said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island
Crete. Cf. {Cretaceous}.]
1. An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of
   some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or
   cylinders.

         Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some
         strokes of the pencil or the crayon.  --Dryden.

Note: The black crayon gives a deeper black than the lead
      pencil. This and the colored crayons are often called
      chalks. The red crayon is also called sanguine. See
      {Chalk}, and {Sanguine}.

2. A crayon drawing.

3. (Electricity) A pencil of carbon used in producing
   electric light.

{Crayon board}, cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon
   drawing.

{Crayon drawing}, the act or art of drawing with crayons; a
   drawing made with crayons.


\Cray"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crayoned} (-?nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Crayoning}.] [Cf. F. crayonner.]
To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.

      He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably
      to the plan which he had crayoned out.   --Malone.

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