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The etymology or original meaning is a "little penis".

Penis originally meant "tail" and so was related to "brush", and only by extension was it made applicable to the "male sex organ" and it was in this sense that it was adopted into English as penis in the 17th century.

Pencil came through Old French pincel from Vulgar Latin penicellum, which is an alteration of Latin penicillum "paintbrush". This was a diminutive form of peniculus brush", which in turn was a diminutive of penis.

pencil; pencil; pensile; pencel, pensil
pencil (PEN suhl) (noun)
1. A tool for writing or drawing that consists of a slender cylinder surrounding a solid center typically made of graphite also known as "lead":  The artist used a fine pencil for her sketches of the countryside.

The carpenter used a pencil that was flat on one side so it would not roll off her workspace.

2. A small stick of medication or cosmetics for local application: The doctor gave her a pencil of antibiotic cream to put on the scratches of her arm.
3. A gathering or mass of rays such as sunshine: A pencil of sunlight came through the wooden blinds of the window in the morning.
pencil (PEN suhl) (verb)
To write or to draw something with an instrument for marking: Alisha wants to pencil some notes on a piece of paper so she wouldn't forget what to pick up from the local market.
pensile (PEN sighl") (adjective)
Characteristic of something which hangs loosely; suspended: The birds nesting in the barn made pensile nests in the rafters.
pencel, pensil (PEN suhl) (noun)
A narrow flag, streamer, or pennon, especially one carried at the top of a spear: When the knight rode into the tournament, he carried the lance with the pencel which had been given to him by his sister.

The traveling artist used a pencil to sketch the pensile banners in the church.

Karin created a fanciful picture which included a knight riding into the churchyard with a pensil waving from the point of his lance which was lighted by a pencil of sunshine streaming through the colored windows.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 3)
Word Entries containing the term: “pencil”
mechanical pencil (s), mechanical pencils (pl) (nouns)
A pencil with a plastic or metal case and a thin replaceable lead which can be extended when the point is worn away by twisting the outer casing.
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styptic pencil
1. An astringent substance in solid form in a small cylindrical container that is applied to stop bleeding from small cuts; for example, after shaving.
2. A short medicated stick, often of alum, applied to a cut to check bleeding.
This entry is located in the following unit: stypt- + (page 1)