penoiogy

[Gr. poinē =punishment; suff. -ology.] The science which treats of public punishments, as they respect the public and the sufferer. *pen -on, *pen-oun, s. [PENNON.] *pěn-or-con, s . [Etym. doubtful.] Music: An obsolete instrument of the guitar family, somewhat broader and shorter than the Pan dor a, with a very broad neck over which pa ed nine bra strings, which were played upon by the fin gers. IMG:content-0850.png:[blocks in formation] pěn-są, subst. [Lat.) A wey of cheese, salt, ., equal to 256 lbs. *pěn'-sa-tive, adj . [Lat. pens at us, pa. par. of pen so to weigh, to consider.] Pensive. "Being very pen sative to hear the follies that Don Quixote spoke."- Shelton : Don Quixote , bk. i., ch. v. *pěn'-si-ble, adj . [As if from a Lat. pensibilis , from pens us , pa. par. of pen do =to weigh.] Capable of being weighed. "The water being made pensible ."- Bacon : Nat. Hist., § 15. *pen-sife, a . [PENSIVE.] *pen-sife-head, *pen-sife-hed, s. [Mid. Eng. pensife pensive; -head, -hed =-hood.] Pensivene . "The venim pearce Of pens if ehed." Chaucer (?): Complaint of the Black Knight. *pen-si-fül, a . [Mid. Eng. pens i ( fe )=pensive; Eng. -ful ( 1 ).] Pensive, thoughtful. "Adnoyde the gnawyng of a pensiful hart." - Sir T. Elyot: The Governor , bk. i., ch. xiii. *pen-sil (1), *pen-sill, s . [PENCIL, 8.] *pen-sil (2), s. (PENCEL.] pěn-sile, adj. [O. Fr. pensil, from Latin pen for a penny. "Pray see that the inclosed be immediately put in the penny-post." -T. Hall: Genuine Letters, ii. 96. penny-rot, s. Bot.: Hydro cotyle vulgar is .