Penny

pen'i, n. a copper coin orig. sil\ er = of a shilling, or four farthings a.small sum money general (New Test a silvci coin = 7jd. fl. Pennies (pen'i/, denoting the number of coins, Pence pens the amount of pennies in value [A.S. petting, penig the oldest form is pending, where pend- — E. pawn, Ger, P/and, Put. pattd a pledge, which aie from L panuus, a rag, a piece of cloth. See Pawn, something given as security.) Penny-a-liner, pen'i-a-lln'er, n one who writes for a public journal at so much a line a writer for pay. Pennyroyal, pen'i-roy-al, n a species of mint. [Corrfrom old form puhal, which timed through O Fr to L. pule/ uni regtnui, iht plant pennyroyal -pulear, a flea, was thought to be a protection from fleas Pennyweight, pen'i-wat, « twenty-four grains of troy weight. (Lit. the weight 0/ a silver penny Pennyworth, pen'i-wurth. «. a penny's worth of anything*. a good bargain. Pensile, pen's'll, ad/, hanging suspended--: Pen's ileneSB [O. Fr. pcnsil— L. pensil is— pendco, to hang.] Pension, pen ’shun, n a stated allowance to a person for past services a sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes — v to grant a pension to. [Fr, —L. fens to-—pen do, pensvm, to weigh, pay, akin to pettdeo to hang.) Pensionary, pen's hun-ar-i, adj receiving a pension: consisting of a pension — n. one who receives a pension a chief magistrate of a Dutch town.