- (n.) A wing.
- (n.) A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.
- (n.) A female swan.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Fig.: A writer or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
- (v.t.) To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.
- (n.) The internal shell of a squid.
- (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.
- (n.) A feather.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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