From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Crayon \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.
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Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some
strokes of the pencil or the crayon. --Dryden.
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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}.
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2. A crayon drawing.
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3. (Electricity) A pencil of carbon used in producing
electric light.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Crayon \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.
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He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably
to the plan which he had crayoned out. --Malone.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crayon
n 1: writing implement consisting of a colored stick of
composition wax used for writing and drawing [syn:
{crayon}, {wax crayon}]
v 1: write, draw, or trace with a crayon
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
crayon /kʀɛjɔ̃/
pencil
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