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noun

Pen n.

1.

A feather. (Obs.)

2.

A wing. (Obs.)

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."

4.

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

5.

(Zool.) The internal shell of a squid.

6.

(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. 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 (Zool.), a pennatula. (Usually written sea-pen)

pen-and-ink n. A drawing executed with pen and ink.

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Etymology of 'Pen-and-ink'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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