Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fine charcoal in stick form, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- noun A sketch or drawing made with this charcoal.
- noun A black, friable band in bituminous coal, characterized by a fibrous structure and silky luster.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crayon of fine charcoal; also, a charcoal sketch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.
- noun A drawing made with it. See
charcoal , n. 2, and Charcoal drawing, undercharcoal .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Fine
charcoal ofwillow wood, used as a drawing implement. - noun A drawing made with it.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, spindle tree, charcoal made from its wood, from Vulgar Latin *fūsāgō, *fūsāgin-, spindle (formerly made from the wood of a spindle tree), from Latin fūsus.]
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From French fusain.
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Moins que maintenant bien sur mais je pense que ce sera possible ya pas d'raison et ... pis ... heu ben bien entendu je m'arme de sketchbook de fusain de crayon de bois de sanguine enfin!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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