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writing implement

n. an implement that is used to write

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Writing implement

A writing implement or writing instrument is an object used to produce writing. See also Draw. Most of these items can be also used for other functions such as painting, drawing and technical drawing, but writing instruments generally have the ordinary requirement to create a smooth, controllable line.

Another writing implement employed by a smaller population, is the stylus used by blind users in conjunction with the slate for punching out the dots in Braille.

Usage examples of "writing implement".

Taking a writing implement from its belt, it swiftly sketched some letters on a pad which it then handed to Exeter.

Sagiira looked shriveled, worn, like the nub of an ancient writing implement.

He therefore could avoid the clumsiness of having to carry some other form of writing implement with him when away from the Citadel and the inconvenience of transcribing his writings on his return, as he had done with his pre-10938 Journals.

He took a writing implement from a pocket, with a piece of paper, and sat there, alternately chewing the one and jotting upon the other.

He subsided into seething silence, picked up the writing implement before him and broke it in two.

On the other hand, the paper and writing implement came from inside the house.

He felt somewhat cheered when he was able with his writing implement and a thumb to produce a replica of the imprint of his seal&mdash.

He felt somewhat cheered when he was able with his writing implement and a thumb to produce a replica of the imprint of his seal--extremely crude, yet recognizable, he decided optimistically.

The scratch of some writing implement told that Lieutenant Keogh was making notes.

Acorna said very clearly as the writing implement she was using ran dry.