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PEN n. 9 definitions
A feather. [Obs.] Spenser.
PENAL a. 4 definitions
Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:
PENALITY n.
The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment. Sir T. Browne.
PENALIZE v. 2 definitions
To make penal.
PENALLY adv.
In a penal manner.
PENALTY n. 3 definitions
Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass. Death is the penalty imposed. Milton.
PENANCE n. 4 definitions
Repentance. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xv. 7).
PENANCELESS a.
Free from penance. [R.]
PENANG LAWYER n.
A kind of walking stick made from the stem of an East Asiatic palm (Licuala acutifida).
PENANG NUT n.
The betel nut. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
PENANNULAR a.
Nearly annular; having nearly the form of a ring. "Penannular relics." D. Wilson.
PENARY a.
Penal. [Obs.] Gauden.
PENATES n.
The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.
PENAUNT n.
A penitent. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PENCE n.
pl. of Penny. See Penny.
PENCEL n.
A small, narrow flag or streamer borne at the top of a lance; - - called also pennoncel. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
PENCHANT n.
Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
PENCHUTE n.
See Penstock.
PENCIL n. 7 definitions
small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors. With subtile pencil depainted was this storie. Chaucer.
PENCILED a. 3 definitions
Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil.
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