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3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pen \Pen\ (p[e^]n), n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 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. (Zool.) The internal shell of a squid. [1913 Webster] 6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A female swan; -- contrasted with {cob}, the male 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} (Zool.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: pen-and-ink \pen-and-ink\ n. A drawing executed with pen and ink. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: pen-and-ink n : a drawing executed with pen and ink
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