sea-pen

Sea-pen \Sea"-pen"\, n. (Zool.)
   A pennatula.
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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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