pen-and-ink

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a drawing executed with pen and ink
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pen \Pen\ (p[e^]n), n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.]

1.A feather. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2.A wing. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock.— Job xix. 24.[1913 Webster]

4.Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. "Those learned pens." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

5.(Zool.) The internal shell of a squid. [1913 Webster]

6.[Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A female swan; -- contrasted with cob, the male swan. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]


pen-and-ink \pen-and-ink\ n. A drawing executed with pen and ink. [WordNet 1.5]
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