pendicle (pendikl)

[L. pendiculus, something hanging, a cord, a noose, By noon we had come in sight of the mill, which, as a pendicle of Silver a do mine, we held to be an outlying province of our own. R. L. Stevens on , Silver a do Squatters, p. 125. pendicler (pen'di-klér), n . [ pendicle + -er1.] One who cultivates a pendicle or croft; an inferior or small tenant. [Scotch.] pending (pen'ding), p. a. [L. penden (t-)s, pending, hanging, as in pendente lite, the suit pending: see pendent.] Depending; remaining undecided; not terminated: as, a pending suit; while the case was pending. pending (pen'ding), prep. [First in " pending the suit," tr. L. pendente lite, where pending (L. pendente) is prop. ppr. of pend (L. pendere ), hang, agreeing with the substantive used absolutely: see pending, p. a., pend2. The same construction appears in the use of during.] For the time of the continuance of; during; in the period covered by: as, pending the suit; pend ing the negotiation. When used of an action, pend ing properly the period before final judgment. Sometimes it is more loosely used to include the time which may elapse before such judgment is satisfied. Meanwhile, and pending the arrangement of the proceedings, and a fair division of the speechifying, the public in the large room were eyeing and the ladies in the Music Gallery. the empty platform Dickens, Nicholas Nickle by, ii. Mr. P.'s bachelor's box, a temporary abode which he is a cosy occupies pending the erection of a vicarage,.. little habitation. Mi Braddon, Hostages to Fortune. pendlelt, n. [ F.pendule, This lady gaed up the Parliament stair, Wi' pendles in her lugs sae bonnie. Richie Storie (Child's Ballads, VIII. 256), pendle2 (pen'dl), adv . [Cf. pendle1 .] Headlong; suddenly. [Local, Eng.]