Pen

Pronunciation: pĕn

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.

Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.

(Zool.) The internal shell of a squid.

(Zool.) A female swan; - contrasted with cob, the male swan.

Bow pen
See Bow-pen.

Dotting pen
a pen for drawing dotted lines.

Drawing pen
a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained.

Fountain pen
See under Fountain, and Geometric.

Music pen
a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff.

Pen and ink
executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch.

Pen feather
A pin feather.

Pen name
See under Name.

Sea pen
(Zool.) a pennatula.

v. t.

To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.

[imp. & p. p. Penned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Penning .]

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.

[imp. & p. p. Penned or Pent ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.]

Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.

- Milton.

A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.

My father stole two geese out of a pen.

- Shak.

A penitentiary[6]; a prison.

Noun	1.	pen - a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
	2.	pen - an enclosure for confining livestock
	3.	pen - a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play Synonyms: playpen
	4.	pen - a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes Synonyms: penitentiary
	5.	pen - female swan
Verb	1.	pen - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" Synonyms: indite, write, compose

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