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Definition: Bow pen
Pen
\Pen\, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L.
penna.]
1. A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. A wing. [Obs.] --Milton.
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3. 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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Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. --Job
xix. 24.
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4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
“Those learned pens.” --Fuller.
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5. (Zo["o]l.) The internal shell of a squid.
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6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A female swan. [Prov.
Eng.]
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Bow pen. See
Bow-pen.
Dotting pen, a pen for drawing dotted lines.
Drawing pen, 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 for drawing the five
lines of the staff.
Pen and ink, or
pen-and-ink, executed or done with a pen
and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch.
Pen feather. A pin feather. [Obs.]
Pen name. See under
Name.
Sea pen (Zo["o]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written
sea-pen.]
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