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crayon

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cray·on  (krn, -n)
n.
1. A stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk, used for drawing.
2. A drawing made with one of these sticks.
tr.v. cray·oned, cray·on·ing, cray·ons
To draw, color, or decorate with a stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk.

[French, diminutive of craie, chalk, from Latin crta.]

crayon·ist (--nst), crayon·er (--nr) n.

crayon
Noun
a small stick or pencil of coloured wax or clay
Verb
to draw or colour with a crayon [Latin creta chalk]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.crayoncrayon - writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
writing implement - an implement that is used to write
Verb1.crayon - write, draw, or trace with a crayon
draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
Translations
Spanish crayon [ˈkreɪən] nlápiz m de color
French crayon [ˈkreɪən] ncrayon m (de couleur)
German crayon [ˈkreɪən] nBuntstift m
Italian crayon [ˈkreɪən] nmatita colorata

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At the back of the estrade, and attached to a moveable partition dividing this schoolroom from another beyond, was a large tableau of wood painted black and varnished; a thick crayon of white chalk lay on my desk for the convenience of elucidating any grammatical or verbal obscurity which might occur in my lessons by writing it upon the tableau; a wet sponge appeared beside the chalk, to enable me to efface the marks when they had served the purpose intended.
Miniatures, halflengths, wholelengths, pencil, crayon, and watercolours had been all tried in turn.
Softened into crayon sketches, they did better, for the likenesses were good, and Amy's hair, Jo's nose, Meg's mouth, and Laurie's eyes were pronounced `wonderfully fine'.
 
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