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.]
Wiktionary
n. (context Cockney rhyming slang English) A stink.
Usage examples of "pen and ink".
At a moment when his faculties were visibly impaired, he called for pen and ink to write, or, more properly, to dictate, a divine book, the sum and accomplishment of all his revelations: a dispute arose in the chamber, whether he should be allowed to supersede the authority of the Koran.
He then called for pen and ink and scribbled -with Lelldorin's aid- a suitable document of consent.
His sketches will be easier to follow if they are in pen and ink, not drawn in the snow.