Definition of Pen. Meaning of Pen. Synonyms of Pen

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Definition of Pen

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Pen Pen, n. [From Pen to shut in.] A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs. My father stole two geese out of a pen. --Shak.
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Pen Pen, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. A wing. [Obs.] --Milton. 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. --Job xix. 24. 4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. ``Those learned pens.' --Fuller. 5. (Zo["o]l.) The internal shell of a squid. 6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A female swan. [Prov. Eng.]
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Bow pen. See Bow-pen. Dotting pen, a pen for drawing dotted lines. Drawing, 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 (Zo["o]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen.]
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Pen Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned; p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. ``A prayer elaborately penned.' --Milton.
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Pen Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pennedor Pent (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See Pin, n. & v.] 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. ``Away with her, and pen her up.' --Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton.

Meaning of Pen from wikipedia

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