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ˈslate-pencil
[slate n.1]
1. A pencil, made of soft slate or other material, used for writing on a slate.
1759Phil. Trans. LI. 483 Some wear, at their nostrils, slate pencils, about four inches long. 1810Risdon's Surv. Devon p. xv, A manufactory of slate pencils has of late been established. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2201/1 The common irregularly shaped black slate-pencils..are made in Germany.
2. The material of which slate-pencils are made.
1801Phil. Trans. XCI. 436 Children..often introduce..pieces of slate-pencil, and even pins into their ears. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. i, Putting out at good interest a small capital of slate-pencil and marbles.
attrib. and Comb.1882B. Harte Flip ii, A greyish slate-pencil pallor. 1894Proc. Geol. Assoc. XIII. 364 Slate-pencil-coloured strings of clay. |