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3 words match “BOW-PEN”

BOW-PEN n.
Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass.
BOW-PENCIL n.
Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil.
PEN n.
A female swan. [Prov. Eng.] 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 f…