Pensill
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Obsolete spelling of pencil. alt-of, obsolete
"Fifthly, being thus on land with your compasse, set all lands or islands in sight, draw the form with your paper and pensill, and estimate their distance."
- 2 Obsolete spelling of pencel. alt-of, obsolete
"[…] forty trumpet banners of sarsenet; seven hundred and forty pensills; three hundred and fifty pensills of tarter; four standards of sarsenet with boars; […]"
Adjective
- 1 Obsolete spelling of pensile. alt-of, obsolete
"However the account of the Pensill or hanging gardens of Babylon [...] is of no slender antiquity [...]."
Example
More examples"Fifthly, being thus on land with your compasse, set all lands or islands in sight, draw the form with your paper and pensill, and estimate their distance."
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