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Webster 1913 Edition
Pen
Pen
(pĕn)
, Noun.
[OE.
penne
, OF. penne
, pene
, F. penne
, fr. L. penna
.] 1.
A feather.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
A wing.
[Obs.]
Milton.
3.
An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.
Graven with an iron
pen
and lead in the rock. Job xix. 24.
4.
Fig.: A writer, or his style;
“Those learned pens.” as, he has a sharp
. pen
Fuller.
5.
(Zool.)
The internal shell of a squid.
6.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zool.)
A female swan; – contrasted with
cob
, the male swan. [Prov. Eng.]
Bow pen
. See
– Bow-pen
. Dotting pen
, a pen for drawing dotted lines.
– Drawing pen
, or Ruling pen
a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained.
– Fountain pen
, Geometric pen
Music pen
, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff.
– Pen and ink
, or pen-and-ink
executed or done with a pen and ink;
– as, a
. pen and ink
sketchPen feather
. A pin feather.
[Obs.]
– Pen name
. See under
– Name
. Sea pen
(Zool.)
, a pennatula.
[Usually written
sea-pen
.]Pen
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Penned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Penning
.] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose;
“A prayer elaborately penned.” as, to
. pen
a sonnetMilton.
Pen
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Penned
or Pent
([GREEK]); p. pr. & vb. n.
Penning
.] [OE. ]
pennen
, AS. pennan
in on-pennan
to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin
, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See Pin
, Noun.
& Verb.
To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.
“Away with her, and pen her up.” Shak.
Watching where shepherds
pen
their flocks at eve. Milton.
Pen
,Noun.
1.
[From
Pen
to shut in.] A small inclosure;
as, a
. pen
for sheep or for pigsMy father stole two geese out of a
pen
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Pen
PEN
,Noun.
1.
An instrument used for writing, usually made of the quill of some large fowl, but it may be of any other material.2.
A feather, a wing. [Not used.]PEN
,Verb.
T.
PEN
,Noun.
PEN
,Verb.
T.