pen slides

pl. An instrument used by surwors, ., for drawing maps and plans. păn (1), *pěnne (1), v . t . [A. S. penn an ; cf. Low Ger. pennen to bolt a door, from penn =a pin, a peg.] To shut up or inclose in a pen; to confine in a small inclosure or space; to coop up. "A considerable part of the air, penned up in the receiver, was drawn out."-Boyle: Works , i. 44. pěn (2), *penne (2), v. t. [PEN (2), 8.] To write; to commit to writing; to compose, to indite. "An oration -North: Plutarch , p. 382. penned by Cleon Halicarna eus."