pen¹ /pen/

1. An instrument used for writing (with ink or otherwise), formerly made of a quill, but now of other materials
2. A nib
3. A nib with a holder
4. Writing
5. Literary style
6. An author
7. A hand-held electronic device applied to a screen to enter data in a computer
8. See also light pen under light¹(computing)
9. A large feather
10. A flight-feather
11. A quill
12. A cuttle-bone

To write, to commit to paper

penˈful noun

1. As much ink as a pen can take at a dip
2. As much as the reservoir of a fountain pen can hold
3. What can be written with one dip of ink

penned adjective

1. Written
2. Quilled

pennˈer noun (archaic)

A case for carrying pens

penˈ-and-inkˈ noun

1. Writing materials
2. A pen drawing

adjective

1. Writing
2. Written
3. (of a drawing) executed with pen and ink

penˈ-case noun

A receptacle for a pen or pens

penˈcraft noun

1. Penmanship
2. The art of composition

penˈ-driver noun

A clerk

penˈ-feather noun

1. A quill feather
2. A pin feather (dialect)

penˈ-feathered adjective

pen friend or pen pal noun

An otherwise unknown person (usu abroad) with whom one corresponds

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