Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: wax crayon

See Also: draw, writing implement

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