单词 | crayon |
释义 | crayonn. 1. a. A pointed stick or pencil of coloured chalk or other material, for drawing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > chalk or crayon chalk1481 pastel1612 crayonc1660 Conté1852 black chalk1854 sanguine1854 sumi1889 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 160 The Prospect was so tempting, that I could not forbeare to designe it with my Crayon. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 145/2 Crions [are] either White or Red Chalk cut into long pieces, and made sharp at the end to draw withall. 1719 J. Richardson Art Crit. 174 If..what was done in Oyl is imitated with..Crayons. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 185 He wrote his name..with a craion. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 142 Lithographic Crayons..may be used as pencils upon the stone. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. Pref. p. vi (note) Chalk débris, black and white, broken off the crayons with which Turner had drawn. b. in crayon also in crayons: usually said of a design drawn with a crayon or crayons; also an artist in crayons, etc. (Cf. in colours, in oils.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [adverb] > drawn in specific manner or medium lineally1607 in crayon1663 in outline1815 by free-hand1860 in pastel1866 free-hand1880 1663 S. Pepys Diary 15 May (1971) IV. 139 Sir Thomas showed me his picture..in Croyon in little, done exceeding well. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1636/8 Another Picture in Red Cryon upon white Paper. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 7 July 209 A wonderful performance in crayons. 1859 L. Oliphant China & Japan II. viii. 181 Sketches of groups of horses in crayon. 2. a. transferred. A drawing in crayons. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > in specific medium coal work1651 crayon1662 pastel1791 pencilling1803 pen sketch1847 pen-picture1853 sanguine1854 pen and ink1860 black lead study1862 sepia1863 stylograph1866 charcoal1884 fusain1884 line drawing1891 celluloid1920 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura sig. a5v Collecting the Crayons, Prints, Designes. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 May Supp. The gallery of large photographs and crayons. ΚΠ 1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 247 It is a poor crayon, which yourself..must fill up. Categories » 3. A carbon point in an electric arc lamp. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as crayon-box, crayon-boardquot.), crayon-draft, crayon-holder, crayon-sketch. ΚΠ 1706 B. Buckeridge Ess. Eng. School in J. Savage tr. R. de Piles Art of Painting 446 His Crayon- Drafts are also admirable. 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 347/1 Instruments resembling crayon-holders. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 191/2 Insert in each crayon-holder a piece of..charcoal. 1880 Webster's Dict. Suppl. Crayon-board, thick drawing-paper, or cardboard for drawing. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxvi. 98 Frank's original crayon sketch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). crayonv. 1. transitive. To draw (something) with a crayon or crayons; to cover with drawing in crayons. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)] > in specific medium crayona1684 chalk1709 pencil1774 crayonize1840 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1662 (1955) III. 309 When Mr. Cooper (the rare limner) was crayoning of his face & head, to make the stamps by, for the new mill'd mony. 1809 M. Edgeworth Dun in Tales Fashionable Life II. 301 The floor crayoned with roses and myrtles, which the dancers' feet effaced. 1851 Willis in W. Irving's Life & Lett. IV. 69 The flesh is most skilfully crayoned, the pose excellent. 2. figurative. To sketch, ‘chalk out’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > in outline to chalk out1571 to shape forth1579 crayon1734 1734 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. 12 Apr. in J. Swift Lett. (1766) III. 180 The others [sc. books] will soon follow; for many of them are writ, or crayoned out. 1797 Ann. Reg. 496 The plan which he had crayoned out. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 500 This relic..has found a new kind of immortality, so charmingly crayoned in the page of a trans-atlantic writer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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