The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pen \Pen\, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.]
A feather. [Obs.]
--Spenser.A wing. [Obs.]
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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.
Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock.
--Job xix. 2 4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. ``Those learned pens.''
--Fuller.(Zo["o]l.) The internal shell of a squid.
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[Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A female swan. [Prov. Eng.]
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.]
Usage examples of "drawing pen".
I also hereby affirm that he did not kill me, and did not dip my drawing pen into the blood in the stump of my throat and then hold my hand, forming the letters that appear on the paper you are reading.