Webster's Dictionary 1913

2215

Penaunt

Pen″aunt (?), n. [OF. penant, peneant. See Penitent.] A penitent. Chaucer.

2216

Pence

Pence (?), n., pl. of Penny. See Penny.

2217

Pencel

Pen″cel (?), n. [See Pennoncel.] A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; — called also pennoncel. Piers Plowman.Chaucer.

2218

Penchant

‖Pen′chant″ (?), n. [F., fr. pencher to bend, fr. (assumed) LL. pendicare, L. pendere. See Pendant.] Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.

2219

Penchant (2)

‖Pen′chant″ (?), n.(Card Playing) A game like bézique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together.

2220

Penchute

Pen″chute′ (?), n. See Penstock.

2221

Pencil

Pen″cil (?), n. [OF. pincel, F. pinceau, L. penicillum, penicillus, equiv. to peniculus, dim. of penis a tail. Cf. Penicil.] 1. A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by p...

2222

Pencil (2)

Pen″cil, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Penciled (?) or Pencilled; p. pr. & vb. n.Penciling or Pencilling.] To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw. Cowper.Where nature pencils ...

2223

Penciled

Pen″ciled (?), a. [Written also pencilled.] 1. Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil.2. Radiated; having pencils of rays.3. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with parallel or radi...

2224

Penciling

Pen″cil‐ing (?), n. [Written also pencilling.] 1. The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture.2. (Brickwork) Lines of white or black paint drawn along a...

2225

Pencillate

{ Pen″cil‐late (?), Pen″cil‐la′ted (?), } a. Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.

2226

Pencraft

Pen″craft (?), n. 1. Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.2. The art of composing or writing; authorship.I would not give a groat for that person's knowledge in pencraft. S...

2227

Pend

Pend (?), n. Oil cake; penock.

2228

Pend (2)

Pend, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Pended; p. pr. & vb. n.Pending.] [L. pendere.] 1. To hang; to depend.Pending upon certain powerful motions. I. Taylor.2. To be undecided, or in process ...

2229

Pend (3)

Pend, v. t. [Cf. pen to shut in, or AS. pyndan, E. pound an inclosure.] To pen; to confine.ended within the limits... of Greece. Udall.

2230

Pendant

Pend″ant (pĕnd″ant), n. [F., orig. p. pr. of pendre to hang, L. pendere. Cf. Pendent, Pansy, Pensive, Poise, Ponder.] 1. Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a...

2231

Pendence

Pend″ence (?), n. [See Pendent.] Slope; inclination. Sir H. Wotton.

2232

Pendency

Pend″en‐cy (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.2. The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit. Ayl...

2233

Pendent

Pend″ent (pĕnd″ent), a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendant.] 1. Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a p...

2234

Pendentive

Pen‐den″tive (pĕn‐dĕnt″ĭv), n. [F. pendentif, fr. L. pendere to hang.] (Arch.) (a) The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is broug...

2235

Pendently

Pend″ent‐ly, adv. In a pendent manner.

2236

Pendice

Pen″dice (?), n. [Cf. Pentice.] A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse. Fairfax.

2237

Pendicle

Pen″di‐cle (?), n. [Cf. Appendicle.] An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant. Sir W. Scott.

2238

Pendicler

Pen‐di‐cler (?), n. An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft. Jamieson.

2239

Pending

Pend″ing (?), a. [L. pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. Pendent.] Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.

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Pending (2)

Pend″ing, prep. During; as, pending the trail.

2241

Pendragon

Pen″drag‐on (?), n. A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; — a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.The dread Pendragon, Britain's...