- blue pencil
- noun Date: 1886 a writing instrument used for editing; also the act or practice of blue-penciling
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
blue pencil
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blue-pencil — [blo͞o′pen′səl] vt. blue penciled or blue pencilled, blue penciling or blue pencilling to edit, cross out, or correct with or as with a blue pencil … English World dictionary
blue-pencil — blue′ pen′cil v. t. ciled, cil•ing (esp. brit.) cilled, cil•ling. to alter, delete, or edit with or as if with a blue pencil • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
blue-pencil — index expurgate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
blue pencil — noun : any instrument (as a blue pencil) with which an editor makes deletions; also : the act or an instance of deleting the book is a good one; vigorous use of a blue pencil would have made it better Keith Hutchison * * * blue pencil noun A… … Useful english dictionary
blue-pencil — Bluenoser Blue nos er); a Nova Scotian potato, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] blue pencil lue pencil v. t. to change, delete, or abridge (a portion of a text) with a blue pencil (or as if with a blue pencil), as in the editing process; of books, etc … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blue pencil — 1. Pencil used to censor a piece of writing. 2. blue pencil v. Censor … A concise dictionary of English slang
blue pencil — v. abridge, edit by deletion or marking in order to shorten a written document; alter or correct a written document as with a blue pencil … English contemporary dictionary
blue pencil — noun a blue pencil as traditionally used to censor a text … English new terms dictionary
blue-pencil — verb cut or eliminate she edited the juiciest scenes • Syn: ↑edit, ↑delete • Derivationally related forms: ↑deletion (for: ↑delete) • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
blue pencil rule — blue pen·cil rule n: a rule in contracts: a court may strike parts of a covenant not to compete in order to make the covenant reasonable Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Blue pencil (editing) — A blue pencil is a pencil traditionally used by an editor or sub editor to show corrections to written copy. The colour is used specifically because it will not show in some lithographic or photographic reproduction processes; these are known as… … Wikipedia
