"bow pencil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bow pencils [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bow pencil (plural bow pencils)
  1. bow compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil
    Sense id: en-bow_pencil-en-noun-B6P5-AT7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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