pen : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- ballpoint pen
- Bow pen
- bow-pen
- cattle pen
- cow pen
- Dotting pen
Drawing , ∨Ruling ,pen - Electric pen
- felt-tip pen
- felt-tipped pen
- Fountain pen
Fountain pen ,Geometric pen - Geometric pen
- holding pen
- light pen
- Music pen
Pen and ink , ∨pen-and-ink - Pen feather
- Pen name
- pen nib
- pen pal
- pen up
- pen-and-ink
- pen-friend
- pen-tail
- pen-tailed tree shrew
- pent-up
- quill pen
- Sea pen
- sea-pen
- sheep pen
- Stylographic pen
- Text pen
ballpoint pen
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noun a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
ballpoint; Biro; ballpen.
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Bow pen
- . See
Bow-pen .
Webster 1913
bow-pen
Bow"-pen` noun
Definitions
Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass .
Webster 1913
cattle pen
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noun a pen for cattle
corral; cattle pen.
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cow pen
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noun a pen for cattle
corral; cattle pen.
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Dotting pen
- a pen for drawing dotted lines.
Webster 1913
Drawing , ∨ Ruling , pen
- a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained.
Webster 1913
Electric pen
- a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle.
Webster 1913
felt-tip pen
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noun a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker)
felt tip; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen.
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felt-tipped pen
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noun a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker)
felt tip; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen.
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Fountain pen
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noun a pen that is supplied with ink from a reservoir in its barrel
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- a pen with a reservoir in the handle which furnishes a supply of ink.
Webster 1913
Fountain pen , Geometric pen
- . See under
Fountain , andGeometric .
Webster 1913
Geometric pen
- an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of ajustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm.
Webster 1913
holding pen
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noun a pen where livestock is temporarily confined
holding yard; holding paddock.
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light pen
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noun (computer science) a pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminated
electronic stylus.
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Music pen
- a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff.
- a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff.
Webster 1913
Pen and ink , ∨ pen-and-ink
- executed or done with a pen and ink;
as, a .pen and ink sketch
Webster 1913
Pen feather
- . A pin feather. Obs.
Webster 1913
Pen name
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noun an author's pseudonym
nom de plume.
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- . See under
Name .
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pen nib
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noun the writing point of a pen
nib.
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pen pal
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noun a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
pen pal.
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pen up
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verb confine in a fold, like sheep
fold.
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pen-and-ink
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noun a drawing executed with pen and ink
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pen-friend
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noun a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
pen pal.
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pen-tail
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noun brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
pen-tail; pentail.
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pen-tailed tree shrew
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noun brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
pen-tail; pentail.
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pent-up
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adjective satellite characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
repressed.
- her severe upbringing had left her inhibited
- a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease
- their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions
- repressed rage turned his face scarlet
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quill pen
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noun pen made from a bird's feather
quill.
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Sea pen
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noun fleshy featherlike warm-water colonies
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(Zoöl.) , a pennatula.Usually written sea-pen .
Webster 1913
sea-pen
Sea"-pen" noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) A pennatula.
Webster 1913
sheep pen
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noun a pen for sheep
fold; sheepcote; sheepfold.
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Stylographic pen
- a pen with a conical point like that of a style, combined with a reservoir for supplying it with ink.
Webster 1913
Text pen
- a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in writing text-hand.
