blue-pencil. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

blue-pencil

SYLLABICATION:	blue-pen·cil
PRONUNCIATION:	blpnsl
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: blue-pen·ciled also blue-pen·cilled, blue-pen·cil·ing, blue-pen·cil·ling, blue-pen·cils, blue-pen·cils To edit, revise, or correct with or as if with a blue pencil.


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