Pen

pen, v.t. to shut up to confine in a small inclosure ‘—jf-ppenn'ing pat and pap. penned or pent. n, a small inclosurc a coop. [A-S. fennan, to shut up.] POD, pen, «. an instrument used for writing, formerly of the feather of a bird, but now of steel, . v.t, to write: pr.p. penn'ing pa. and pa.p. penned. (Fr. ferine— fenna, old forms, fate, far m2, hir mine Peninsula Pesna, fetna, a feather—root pat, to fly. See Feather, Find.] Penal, pe'nal, adj, pertaining to punishment incurring or denouncing punishment used for punishment. adv. Pe'nally. [Fr.— L. pceualis — paiua akin to Gr poinS, punishment.] Penalty, pen'al-ti, punishment: personal or pecuniary punishment a fine. Penance, pen'ans, «. in the R. C. Church, the punishment borne by a penitent. [O. Fr. See Penitence.] Penates, pe-na'tes, n pi the tutelary household deities of ancient Rome [L. from root pen in L penitus within, penetralia, the inner part of anything.}