Pen (p&ebreve_;n), 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. (Zoöl.) The internal shell of a squid.
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6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) A female swan; -- contrasted with cob, the male 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 (Zoöl.), a pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen.]
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Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned (?) or Pent (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See Pin, n. & v.] To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. “Away with her, and pen her up.” Shak.
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Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. Milton.
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