Definition of pen

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Pen (n.) 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..

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Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning..
Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it..
Interrupter :: Interrupter (n.) A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself..
Fork :: Fork (n.) The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road..
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course)..
Garnish :: Garnish (v. t.) To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
Behindhand :: Behindhand (adv. & a.) In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
Pierce :: Pierce (v. i.) To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively..
Perpendicular :: Perpendicular (n.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side..
Estreat :: Estreat (n.) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer..
Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork..
Scratch :: Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards..
Supply :: Supply (n.) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar..
Ideographical :: Ideographical (a.) Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word nine, but the idea of the number itself..
Impen :: Impen (v. t.) To shut up or inclose, as in a pen..
Underdrain :: Underdrain (n.) An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
Pentadecylic :: Pentadecylic (a.) Same as Quindecylic.
Poise :: Poise (v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt..
Pentacrinite :: Pentacrinite (n.) Any species of Pentacrinus.
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