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crayon, any drawing material available in stick form. The term includes charcoal, conte crayon, chalk, pastel, grease crayon, litho crayon, and children's wax colors. The pigment is often bound with gum tragacanth or wax, and the sticks are wrapped in paper or embedded in wood.

crayon

1. a small stick or pencil of charcoal, wax, clay, or chalk mixed with coloured pigment

2. a drawing made with crayons

crayon [′krā‚än]

(graphic arts)

A small stick for drawing, usually made of a combination of pigments or dyes in a wax or oil medium.

1.		crayon - Someone who works on Cray supercomputers. More specifically, it implies a programmer, probably of the CDC ilk, probably male, and almost certainly wearing a tie (irrespective of gender). Systems types who have a Unix background tend not to be described as crayons.
2.		crayon - A computron that participates only in number crunching.
3.		crayon - A unit of computational power equal to that of a single Cray-1. There is a standard joke about this usage that derives from an old Crayola crayon promotional gimmick: When you buy 64 crayons you get a free sharpener.

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Anglo-Saxons used a wax crayon to write on wooden bars.

History of Writing Pens by Manseo Sharma / Retail industry community

1 wax crayon in a dark colour, like red or black What to do

Make your own ... invisible ink! by Kidsworld Magazine

Managing director of AJ Lloyd Darren Lloyd said: "Because they're going to a warm country we're asking that there is no chocolate this year and no wax crayons, as they could melt in the heat.

Pupils make a special delivery by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

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