pennyfee (penife)

Scanty wages. [Scotch.] He said it wasna in my heart... to pit a puir had like him sell,.. that had nae hauding but his penny - fot, to sic a hardship as this comes to. Scott, Rob Roy, xi IMG:content-2635.png:[blocks in formation] penny-wise (pen'i-wiz), a . Saving small sums at the hazard of larger; rger; niggardly in unimpor- tant affairs: generally used in the phrase penny- wise and pound - foolish , careful in small eco no- mies and wasteful in large affairs. penny-prickt (pen'i-prik), n. An old game in which oblong pieces of iron were thrown at a stick on which a penny was placed. I had no other riches; yet was pleased To hazard all and stake them gainst a ki , At an old game I used, call'd penny - prick . Richardson , Sir Charles Grand is on, II. xlvi. A room in which penny-room (pen'i-röm), п . penny entertainments are provided; a penny- gaff. Till you break in at plays, like 'prentices, For three a groat, and crack nuts with the scholars In penny - rooms again, and fight for apples. they fly away of themselves, sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more. Bacon , Riches (ed. 1887). pennywort (pen'i-wert), n. One of several round-leafed plants of different genera. ( a ) Cot- yledon Umbilicus , sometimes called wall - pennywort . See kidney wort , 1, and navelwort , 1. (b) The marsh or water- pennywort, Hydro cotyle vulgar is ; also, the other species The Kenilworth ivy, Linaria Cymbal aria . (d) The Cor- of the genus, as the Indian pennywort, H. Asiatica. (c) nish moneywort, Sibthorpia Europæa . (e) See Obolaria . pennyworth (pen'i-werth), n. [Also contr. penn'worth, pen north, pen'orth ; peny- worth , peningweorth , pening , penny, + weorth , worth: see penny and worth .] 1. As much as is bought for a penny; hence, a small quantity. The mai or wente to the woode warfes, and sold to the poor people billot and faggot, by the pennyworth . Fabyan , Hen. VIII., an. 1553. My friendship I distribute in pennyworths to those about me who displease me least. Swift . 2. Value for the money given; hence, a bar- gain, whether in buying or selling. Though the pennyworth on his side be the worst, yet hold thee, there 's some boot. Shak . , W. T., iv. 4. 650. Of these sort of Ve els... the Dutch men of Malacca have plenty, and can afford good pennyworths . Penœus, n. See Penæus . penological (pē-nō-loj'i-kal), a . [ penolog - y + -ic- al .] Of or pertaining to penology; pertain- ing to punishment for public offenses. penologist (pē-nol'ō-jist), n. [ penolog - y + -ist.] One who is versed in penology; one who makes a study of penology. penology, pœnology (pe-nol'ō-ji), n. [L. pœ- na , ποινή , penalty, expiation (see pain1 , penal ), + -λογία , λέγειν , say, speak: see -ology .] The study of punishment for crime, both in its deterrent and in its reformatory aspect; the study of the management of prisons. penont, n. An obsolete form of pennon . pen-rack (pen'rak), n. A rack for holding pens or penholders when not in use. penst, n. An obsolete form of pence , plural of penny . pens at (pen'sä), n. [L., a day's provisions or ration, pendere , pp. pens us , weigh, weigh out, suspend: see pendent , poise .] A wey of cheese, salt, etc., equal to 256 pounds. pen-sac (pen's ak), n. The part or organ of cephalopods which contains the pen or cal a- mary, as of a squid. A flap or hood-like prolongation of the mantle, forming a pen - sac . Of princes and prelatus he or pencion schulde aryse, And of the pore peple no pene worth to take. Th' Almighty made the Mouth to recompence The Stomachs pension and the Times expence. pension (pen's hon), v . [ pension , n.] I. trans. To grant a pension to: as, to pension soldiers; to pension an old servant. Full plac'd and pension'd , see, Horatio stands. P. Whitehead , State Dunces. pensativet (pen'sa-tiv), a. [ pens at if = Sp. Pg. It. pensativo , pens are , think: see pen- they call the mot of remembrance. He led them fair and easily towards his village, being very pen sative to hear the follies that Don Quixote spoke. Shelton, tr. of Don Quixote, i. 5. penselt, n. See pencel2. pensfult, a . See pensiful . pensiblet (pen'si-bl), a . [ -ible .] 1. Capable of being weighed.-2. Pensile. The water being made pensible , and there being a great weight of water in the belly of the gla , sustained by a small pillar of water in the neck of the gla ; it is that which setteth the motion on work. pensie, a. See pensy2 . pensifeheadt, n. A variant of pensive head . pensifult, pensfult, a . [Appar. irreg. pens i (ve) + -ful.] Thoughtful; pensive. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, i. 13. pensilt, n. See pencil1 , pencel2 . pensile (pen's il), a . [= Sp. Pg. pensil = It. pensile , L. pensil is , hanging, pendere , pp. pens us, hang: see pendent .] Hanging; sus- pended; hanging and swaying; pendulous. I might here also tell of those Pensile gardens, borne vp on arches, foure square, each square contayning foure hundred foote. Over her state two crowns hanging, With pensile shields thorough them. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary pensioner