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

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.

Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging. Shak. "The pendulous round earth. Milton.

In a pendulous manner.

The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging loosely; pendulosity.

A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.

See Perpender.

To weight carefully in the mind. [R.] "Perpend my words." Shak.

See Perpender.

gh a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone.

Something hanging straight down; a plumb line. [Obs.]

ight or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.

The quality or state of being perpendicular.

In a perpendicular manner; vertically.

A calendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range of years. That of Capt. Herschel covers, as given below, dates from 1750 to 1961 only, but is capable of indefinite extension.