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▪ I. penning, vbl. n.1|ˈpɛnɪŋ|
[f. pen v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of pen v.1; enclosing, confining, etc.
1626Bacon Sylva §152 The penning and enclosure of the air, in the concave of the well. 1751Act 24 Geo. II, c. 8 §2 Locks, Weirs..and the Shutting, Penning, Opening, Drawing, Use..thereof. 1886C. Scott Sheep-Farming 201 In penning, the dog works closely to the sheep.
▪ II. ˈpenning, vbl. n.2
[f. pen v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of pen v.2; writing, inditing.
a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV 227 A letter..bothe for the stile & the pennyng excellently endited. 1687Royal Proclam. 18 Nov. in Lond. Gaz. No. 2297/1 The Doubtful Penning of some Parts of the said Act. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 154, I suppose it is of my Sisters Penning, and he, poor Man, is the humble Copier. 1849Stovel Introd. Canne's Necess. 63 The treatment of words, and the penning of signatures, in that way was rather unusual.
▪ III. ˈpenning, ppl. a.
[f. pen v.1 + -ing2.]
That pens (see pen v.1); enclosing, shutting in.
1854S. Dobell Balder xxiii. 124 Herdsman's evening call, And bells of penning folds. |