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A feather. |
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A wing. |
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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. |
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Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. |
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The internal shell of a squid. |
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A female swan. |
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To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to
compose; as, to pen a sonnet. |
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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. |
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A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs. |
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