- Pen
- Pen Pen, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L.
penna.]
1. A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. A wing. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. --Job xix. 24. [1913 Webster]
4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. ``Those learned pens.'' --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
5. (Zo["o]l.) The internal shell of a squid. [1913 Webster]
6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A female swan. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
{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}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}.
{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 sketch.
{Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.]
{Pen name}. See under {Name}.
{Sea pen} (Zo["o]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
