Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pensill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-sill
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of pencil.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete spelling of pencel.

Obsolete

adj

Obsolete spelling of pensile.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Fifthly, being thus on land with your compasse, set all lands or islands in sight, draw the form with your paper and pensill, and estimate their distance."
"[…] forty trumpet banners of sarsenet; seven hundred and forty pensills; three hundred and fifty pensills of tarter; four standards of sarsenet with boars; […]"
"However the account of the Pensill or hanging gardens of Babylon [...] is of no slender antiquity [...]."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

pensills (plural)

Questions

What does pensill mean?: Obsolete spelling of pencil.

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