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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cray·on / ˈkrāˌän; ˈkrāən/ • n. a pencil or stick of colored chalk or wax, used for drawing. • v. [tr.] draw with a crayon or crayons: Jeff crayoned a picture on a legal pad | [intr.] a child crayoning in a coloring book.

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

crayon any drawing material available in stick form. The term includes charcoal, conte crayon, chalk, pastel, grease crayon, litho crayon, and children's wax colors. The pigment is often bound with gum tragacanth or wax, and the sticks are wrapped in paper or embedded in wood.

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crayon

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

crayon XVII. — F., f. craie chalk :- L. crēta chalk, clay; see -OON.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | | Copyright

crayon. See chalk.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists | 2003 | | Copyright

crayon. See Chalk.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

crayon •aide-de-camp, aides-de-camp, anon, Asunción, au courant, begone, Bonn, bon vivant, Caen, Canton, Carcassonne, Ceylon, chaconne, chateaubriand, ci-devant, Colón, colon, Concepción, con (US conn), cretonne, don, Duchamp, Evonne, foregone, fromage blanc, Gabon, Garonne, gone, guenon, hereupon, Inchon, Jean, john, Jon, Le Mans, León, Luzon, Mont Blanc, Narbonne, odds-on, on, outgone, outshone, Perón, phon, piñon, Pinot Blanc, plafond, Ramón, Saigon, Saint-Saëns, Sand, Schwann, scone, shone, side-on, sine qua non, Sorbonne, spot-on, swan, thereon, thereupon, ton, Toulon, undergone, upon, Villon, wan, whereon, whereupon, won, wonton, yon, Yvonne •crayon, rayon •Leon, Lyons, neon, prion •Ceredigion • Mabinogion • nucleon •Amiens • dupion • parathion •Laocoon •gluon, Rouen •bon-bon • Audubon

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