styptic pencil

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noun

a pencil-shaped stick of a paste containing alum or a similar styptic agent, used to stanch the bleeding of minor cuts.

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Origin of styptic pencil

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby styptic pencil

Stymphalian birds, stymy, stype, stypsis, styptic, styptic pencil, Styr, styracaceous, styralyl acetate, styrax, styrene

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How to use styptic pencil in a sentence

So, I had a pen and a pencil and started scribbling and drawing, and I felt good about it.
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And then one pencil drawing of my face, and one pencil drawing of the Genie from Aladdin.
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Then he tagged me in one of his posts, and it was a horrific pencil drawing of my face.
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If you saw it in front of you, your pencil would drop, your tablet would fall from your lap.
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Collectively, they span almost every technique and medium—from color pencil and markers to oil sticks and watercolor.
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A little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.
Children's Ways|James Sully
And sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
Children's Ways|James Sully
We are so many around here that you'll have to get paper and pencil and mark us down to keep track of how many.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
He had written his name with pencil upon a leaf which he tore from his pocket-book, and sent it to the Marchioness.
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During my schooldays I spent many happy hours alone with book or pen or pencil.
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British Dictionary definitions for styptic pencil

styptic pencil

noun

a styptic agent in the form of a small stick, for application to razor nicks, etc

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for styptic pencil

styptic pencil

A short medicated stick, often of alum, applied to a cut to check bleeding.