Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Penman

Pen″man (?), n.; pl.Penmen (�). 1. One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.2. An author; a composer. South.

2297

Penmanship

Pen″man‐ship, n. The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.

2298

Penna

‖Pen″na (pĕn″nȧ), n.; pl.Pennæ (#). (Zoöl.) A perfect, or normal, feather.

2299

Pennaceous

Pen‐na″ceous (pĕn‐nā″shŭs), a.(Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to a normal feather.

2300

Pennach

Pen″nach (pĕn″năsh), n. [OF. pennache. See Panache.] A bunch of feathers; a plume. Holland.

2301

Pennached

Pen″nached (?), a. [Cf. OF. pennaché. See Panache.] Variegated; striped. Evelyn.

2302

Pennage

Pen″nage (?), n. [L. penna feather.] Feathery covering; plumage. Holland.

2303

Pennant

Pen″nant (–nant), n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See Pen a feather, and cf. Pennon, Pinion.] (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The ...

2304

Pennate

{ Pen″nate (?), Pen″na‐ted (?), } a. [L. pennatus feathered, winged, from penna feather, wing.] 1. Winged; plume-shaped.2. (Bot.) Same as Pinnate.

2305

Pennatula

‖Pen‐nat″u‐la (?), n.; pl. L. Pennatulæ (#), E. Pennatulas (#). [NL., fr. L. penna a feather.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of ...

2306

Pennatulacea

‖Pen‐nat′u‐la″ce‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pennatula.] (Zoöl.) A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the ...

2307

Penned

Penned (?), a. 1. Winged; having plumes.2. Written with a pen; composed. “Their penned speech.” Shak.

2308

Penner

Pen″ner (?), n. 1. One who pens; a writer. Sir T. North.2. A case for holding pens.

2309

Penniform

Pen″ni‐form (?), a. [L. penna feather + -form: cf. F. penniforme.] Having the form of a feather or plume.

2310

Pennigerous

Pen‐nig″er‐ous (?), a. [L. penniger; penna feather + gerere to bear.] (Zoöl.) Bearing feathers or quills.

2311

Penniless

Pen″ni‐less (?), a. [From Penny.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. — Pen″ni‐less‐ness, n.

2312

Penninerved

Pen″ni‐nerved′ (?), a. [L. penna feather + E. nerve.] Pinnately veined or nerved.

2313

Pennipotent

Pen‐nip″o‐tent (?), a. [L. pennipotens; penna wing + potens strong.] Strong of wing; strong on the wing. Davies (Holy Roode).

2314

Pennon

Pen″non (?), n. [Cf. Pinion.] A wing; a pinion. Milton.

2315

Pennon (2)

Pen″non, n. [See Pennant.] A pennant; a flag or streamer. Longfellow.

2316

Pennoncel

{ Pen″non‐cel′, Pen″non‐celle′ (?) }, n. [OF. penoncel. See Pennant.] See Pencel.

2317

Penny

Pen″ny (pĕn″ny̆), a. [Perh. a corruption of pun, for pound.] Denoting pound weight for one thousand; — used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of w...

2318

Penny (2)

Pen‐ny, n.; pl.Pennies (#) or Pence (pĕns). Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning,...

2319

Penny (3)

Pen″ny (?), a. Worth or costing one penny.

2320

Penny-a-liner

Pen″ny–a–lin″er (?), n. One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer. Thackeray.

2321

Pennyroyal

Pen′ny‐roy″al (?), n. [A corruption of OE. puliall royal. OE. puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), fr. pulex...

2322

Pennyweight

Pen″ny‐weight′ (?), n. A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a ...