cray·on /ˈkreˌɑn, ən ||ˈkræn/
蠟筆,蠟筆畫(vt.)以蠟筆作畫
Cray·on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crayoned p. pr. & vb. n. Crayoning.] 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.
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Cray·on n.
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.
crayon
n : writing implement consisting of a colored stick of
composition wax used for writing and drawing [syn: wax
crayon]
v : write, draw, or trace with a crayon