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The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture.

Shaped like a pencil; penicillate.

Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.

Oil cake; penock. [India]

Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book. Some hang upon the pendants of her ear. Pope. Many . . . have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and P…

Slope; inclination. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.

Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf. "The pendent world." Shak. Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent icicles tinkle. Longfellow.

The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.

In a pendent manner.

A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse. [Obs.] Fairfax.

An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant. Sir W. Scott.

An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.

a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs. The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. Tennyson.

Pendulous.

To swing as a pendulum. [R.]

A pendulum. [R.] Evelyn.

A European titmouse (Parus, or Ægithalus, pendulinus). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers.

The state or quality of being pendulous. Sir T. Browne.