(idiomatic) To approve a document without actually knowing or reviewing what it is that is being approved.

A tiny pencil (either manufactured that way, or become that way through constant usage).

The material (usually black or dark gray) which allows a pencil to work. Usually a mixture of graphite and smaller amounts of other material, but not actual lead.

A small pencil, often about three inches long; one which was manufactured that way originally (as opposed to one which has become so through usage).

plural of pencil stub

plural of golf pencil

plural of mechanical pencil

(Canada, US) A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead that wears away with use, designed to provide lines of constant thickness without requiring sharpening, and typically featuring a small eraser at the end opposite the tip.

plural of pencil box

plural of pencil case