pencilmark

plural pencilmarks

1. A mark or line made using a pencil.

   To make assurance doubly sure, you put a pencilmark against the name and “day” of your own particular great man.

   1984, Wit, Augusta de, Java, facts and fancies, Oxford University Press, page 85

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   Like pencilmarks on a doorjamb that a parent uses to record a child’s height, you can compare old feedback with new, every six to eighteen months.

   2014, Alan E Nelson, How to Grow Your Soul: Developing Spiritual Intelligence, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, page 34

   Then pencilmark the outer edges for a guide. Another way is to drive stakes into the ground and use string guides on all four sides.

   1986, Dezettel, Louis M, Masons and builders library, Macmillan Pub., page 278

   Geissler was seated at his glass-topped desk making pencilmarks on a dark gray punched tape. “Come in, John. I didn’t expect you. What’s the matter? You getting this 1753?”

   1973, Shaw, Bob, Tomorrow Lies in Ambush, Ace Books, page 59

   You might do this with pencilmarks and find that 8 and 9 can go only in the two cells marked ‘c. Or you might notice the 8 and 9 in row 8, and the 8 and 9 in row 9, and realize that the 8 and 9 in box 7 have to go in row 7. And if you are really skilled, you might never bother writing any pencilmarks at all.

   2006, Gould, Wayne, New York Post Bathroom Sudoku: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle, Collins, page 19