Crossword clues for penned
penned
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Penning.]
To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to
compose; as, to pen a sonnet. ``A prayer elaborately
penned.''
--Milton.
Penned \Penned\, a.
Winged; having plumes. [Obs.]
Written with a pen; composed. ``Their penned speech.''
--Shak.
Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pennedor Pent (?); 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.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
(context obsolete English) winged; having plumes v
(en-pastpen)
WordNet
n. a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
an enclosure for confining livestock
a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play [syn: playpen]
a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes [syn: penitentiary]
female swan
See pen
Usage examples of "penned".
Now Alton had in his possession an item that could end his frustrations: a tome penned by a wizard of the surface world.
The geese who were penned during the day by the main gate honked and flapped their wings, telling all who hadn't heard that there were visitors.
He had to read it for himself, to devour every word penned about his lost heritage, no matter the significance.
It looks as if House Auvryndar may have finished exterminating their own slaves, but a mob keeps them penned within their walls.
Mez'Barris was penned in and unable to join with any other Houses, while her supplies burned along with the rest of the train, fired by the Agrach Dyrr infantry who had brought up the rear of the day's march.
Inside the palisades, fronting the drawbridge, lay a courtyard, within which were penned horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs.
We are the Evil’s cattle, penned in our scrubby pastures, offering up to it the misery that it needs and relishes.
There are others who say they came from deep underground, where they had been penned, but that they either broke loose or overcame the force that penned them there, or, perhaps, that their penance extended over only a certain period of time and that the time-term had expired.
Just like the crazy alley cat that ancient writer had penned the silly lines about.
The water that theoretically should have kept him penned in his cage as securely as steel bars!
The trail of air transports penned on the gray sky in white between the tall buildings.
This was an Otis, which she knew to be a reliable make, and a hastily penned notation informed that it had last been inspected on July 2, 1992.
I held Sim, who was, in any case, not at all eager to return to his labors in the scullery, and quickly penned a note to Journeywoman Desdra, suggesting that Fort Hold's apothecary supplies were at her disposal.
Far down the Bowl, he could even hear the restless tramping of the penned herdbeasts.
He sent his facsimile of both the original the good nun penned and his translation to Clement.