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Crayon


CRAYON, noun [Latin]

1. A general name for all colored stones, earths, or other minerals and substances, used in designing or painting in pastel or paste, whether they have been beaten and reduced to paste, or are used in their primitive consistence. Red crayons are made of blood-stone or red chalk; black ones, of charcoal or black lead.

2. A kind of pencil, or roll of paste, to draw lines with.

3. A drawing or design done with a pencil or crayon