pensylt

An obsolete form of pansy. pensy2 (pen'si), a. [Also pensie; var. of pen sive.] Proud; conceited; spruce. (Scotch.] pensynt, n. A Middle English form of pins on1. pent (pent), p. a. [Pp. of pen1, pend1.] Penned or shut up; closely confined. With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forspent, As if he had in prison long bene pent . Spenser, F. Q., IV. v. 34. So, pent by hills, the wild winds roar aloud In the deep bosom of some gloomy wood. Pope , Iliad, xvi. 923. pent a-. [L., etc., pent a-, pensioning-warrant (pen's hon-ing-wor"ant), pent a carpellary (pen-ta-kär'pe-lā-ri), a. [ Eng . administrative law , one of a num- ber of orders or warrants i ued from time to time by the commi ioners of the treasury, conferring pensions, or offices or appointments entitling to pensions, or fixing the amounts payable.