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Pen \Pen\ (p[e^]n), n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne,
fr. L. penna.]
1. A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. A wing. [Obs.] --Milton.
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3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of
a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now
also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also,
originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or
graving.
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Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock. --Job
xix. 24.
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4. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.
"Those learned pens." --Fuller.
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5. (Zool.) The internal shell of a squid.
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6. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A female swan; -- contrasted
with {cob}, the male swan. [Prov. Eng.]
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{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}.
{Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines.
{Drawing pen}, or {Ruling pen}, a pen for ruling lines having
a pair of blades between which the ink is contained.
{Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and
{Geometric}.
{Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five
lines of the staff.
{Pen and ink}, or {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen
and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch.
{Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.]
{Pen name}. See under {Name}.
{Sea pen} (Zool.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Music \Mu"sic\, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?),
any art over which the Muses presided, especially music,
lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses
or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.]
1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
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Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and
yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no
other sounds. See {Tone}.
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2.
(a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
succession of tones.
(b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
tones.
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3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition;
the score.
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4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
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The man that hath no music in himself
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
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5. (Zool.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the
lower animals. See {Stridulation}.
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{Magic music}, a game in which a person is guided in finding
a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches
success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson.
{Music box}. See {Musical box}, under {Musical}.
{Music hall}, a place for public musical entertainments.
{Music loft}, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room
or a church.
{Music of the spheres}, the harmony supposed to be produced
by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.
{Music paper}, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the
use of composers and copyists.
{Music pen}, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of
the musical staff.
{Music shell} (Zool.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod
shell ({Voluta musica}) found in the East Indies; -- so
called because the color markings often resemble printed
music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked.
{To face the music}, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such
as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching.
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