pen name

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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]

1.The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. [1913 Webster]

Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.— Gen. ii. 19.[1913 Webster]

What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. [1913 Webster]

His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.— Is. ix. 6.[1913 Webster]

3.Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. [1913 Webster]

What men of name resort to him?— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.— Eph. i. 21.[1913 Webster]

I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom.— 1 Macc. iii. 14.[1913 Webster]

He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin.— Deut. xxii. 19.[1913 Webster]

The king's army . . . had left no good name behind.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]

4.Those of a certain name; a race; a family. [1913 Webster]

The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities.— Motley.[1913 Webster]

5.A person, an individual. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]

They list with women each degenerate name.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Christian name. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from surname; baptismal name; in western countries, it is also called a first name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not.

Given name. See under Given.

In name, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name.

In the name of. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. " I charge you in the duke's name to obey me." --Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. "I'll to him again in name of Brook." --Shak.

Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate.

Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. --Bayard Taylor.

Proper name (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing.

To call names, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations.

To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. --Ex. xx. 7. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet.

Usage: Name, Appellation, Title, Denomination. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term (called also agnomen or cognomen), used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc. [1913 Webster]