penang-lawyer 
penang-lawyer (pc-imiig'la'ycr), . [Prob. a 
n irrupt ion f /'< nnnii lii/nr. th'- wild ;ti-eca.] A 
walking-stick, usually with a bullions lii'itil, 
made fi'din the stem of a ]iulin (Liciniln wuli- 
liiln) I'Xportcil from Penung anil Singapore. 
D/irii n. 
penannular(pO-tmn'u-l;ir),. [< L. /i.vw, //, 
almost, + iiiiiiliirix, annular: see amm/fir.] 
Having the form of an almost complete ring, 
like the so-culled annular brooches, 
penantt (pen'ant), . [.MK., also /iciniiiiil,< ()['. 
/M'lniiit, />< iHintt = Sp. It. jicnante, < L. /wm- 
tcn(t-)x, one who is penitent, a penitent: see 
/K'nitenl. C(. IICIKIIICI.} A penitent ; one doing 
penance. 
Neither bacoun no liraiino blancmangcrc ne mortrewei 
Is neither tlsiitliu nu flcsBhu lint fode for apenaunlr. 
/'<'/. Plmmnan (B), xlll. 91. 
Thou art nat lyk a pftiatnit or a goost 
Chaucer, ITol. to Monk's Talo, 1. 46. 
penaryt, " [< !< l><rii<iriu.i, of or belonging In 
punisnment, < IMVIHI, punishment: see yw/iw 1 . 
Cf. penal."] Penal : as, "penary chastise- 
ments," B]>. (latulcn, Tears of the Church, 
p. 76. (Dorics.) 
penashet, An obsolete variant of panache. 
Penates (pe-na'ten), . pi. [L., < /*, the 
innermost part of a temple or sanctuary, penex, 
witli, in, pruitiiM, inward, inside, whence also 
/inii-lntrc, enter within: see penetrate.] In 
Horn, antii/., the household gods, who presided 
over families, and were worshiped in the in- 
terior of every dwelling. They included the 
Lares. See Ltir\. 
penauncet, penauntt. See penance, pcnant. 
pen-case (peu'kas), . 1. A case or holder for 
a pen. 2. A case for one or more pens with 
their holders and usually an inkstand ; a port- 
able writing-case. See penner 1 . Also called 
pcnna.' 
pence, i. Plural of penny. 
pence! H, An obsolete form of pencil*. 
pencel' 2 t, pencil'-H (pen'sel, -sil), . [Also 
pcnscl, penail, < ME. pencel, pensel, < OF. "pen- 
eel, pennecel, paimecel, peneheal, contr. olpenon- 
eel, pennonccl, a small pennon: see pennoncel, 
pennon.] A small pennon or streamer attached 
to a staff, spear, or lance. 
Anil ek. the bet from sorwe hytn to releve, 
She made him were a peneel at hire sieve. 
Chaucer, Troilus, v. 1043. 
11] doeeu nentella to stande abouen vpon the hcrse 
amonge the lightes. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), I. 30. 
Terror was decked so bravely with rich furniture, gilt 
swords, shining armours, pleasant promt*, that the eye 
with delight hail scarce leisure i<> be afraid. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ill. 
A thousand streamers flaunted fair, . . . 
Scroll, pennon, prnsil, bandrol there 
O'er the pavilions flew. Scott, Marmlon, Iv. 2a 
pence-table (pens'ta'bl), n. An arithmetical 
table for the easy conversion of pounds and 
shillings into pence, or vice versa. 
We are quite prepared to hear from many that children 
would be much better occupied in writing their copies or 
learning their pence-tablet. U. Spencer, Education, p. 138. 
penchant (pon-shoiV), M. [F., an incline, de- 
clivity, inclination, prop. ppr. of pencher, in- 
cline, lean.] Strong inclination ; decided taste ; 
liking; bias. 
She was sorry, but from what jicnchant she had not con- 
sidered, that she had been prevented from telling me her 
story. Sterne, Sentimental Journey, Works (I'? 6 ), vIL 49. 
The others showed a most decided penchant for the an- 
cient Ureek music. Loogfeuotc, Hyperion, iv. 4. 
penchute (pen'shot), n. [Origin obscure : the 
form suggests F.pcnte, a slope, peiicher. incline, 
slope, and chute, a fall : but the word is doubt- 
ful.] A trough which conducts the water from 
the race of a mill to the water-wheel. E. U. 
Kniflh t. 
pencil 1 (pen'sil), n. [Early mod. E. also pen- 
.*il. pcnsill; (. iilK.iiencel, pined = D. penseel = 
M I .(!. pinai'l = MHGr. penget, bensel, G. pinsel = 
led. (mod.) pcwtill = Sw. Dan. pcnscl, < OF. 
pincel, F. pineeau = Pr. pinzcl = Sp. 1'p. piii- 
ccl(Mlj. /i/.srMM.<, /lincillutt), a painters' pencil, 
a brush, < L. pciiirillinu. /'MiciV/x, a painters' 
brush, of. pcniciilHs, a little tail, dim. of pcntx, 
a tail. Tin 1 word seems to have been asso- 
ciated more or less with L. ]>enn<i. a feather, 
LL. a pen : see />< V-.] 1. A small fine brush, 
such as may be used by a painter in laying on 
paints; technically, a special type of pointed 
brush the hairs of which are held by a quill fer- 
rule with a wooden handle which is often de- 
tiiehiililc. The hair may be sable, fltch, camel's halr,or 
ox-h:iir, and may lie brought to a point or be square on the 
pencil-tree 
r-n'sil-st-'dar), . 
See cedar, 
material; *. a ferrule of sh-_- 
the brush to the handle I. 3 and 4- A pencil In which the lead brawn- 
able : a b the lead : f, a ferrule whkh screws upon a clamping device 
< t. a hollow wooilen handle. 5. An ordinary lead-pencil, the kad 
a being cemented In the wood * throughout Its enure lenfrth. 
ends. Such brushes are used In water-color and miniature 
painting, lettering, striping, and ornamenting. 
Sir, you with the pencil on your rhln. 
B. Jonton, Cynthia's Bevels, Iv. 1. 
The Ink can be used with a common steel pen, and flows 
very well when writing slowly, but It Is better to use a 
pencil. Wortohnp lleeeiptt, 2d sen, p. 842. 
2. Figuratively, the art of painting; also, skill 
in painting or delineation ; style of delinea- 
tion. 
I may well and truly say that he [ Apollodoras] and none 
before him brought the pencil! In to a glorious name and 
especiall credit Holland, It. of I'liny, zxxv. 9. 
The incomparable and most decantated majestic of this 
citie doth deserve a farre more elegant and curious pen- 
rill to paint her out In her colours then mine. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 196. 
His all-resembling Pencil did out-pass 
The mlmlck Imag'ry of Lonklng-Olasa. 
Cowiey, Death of Sir A. Vandlke. 
3. An instrument for marking, drawing, or 
writing, formed of graphite, colored chalk, or a 
material of similar properties, and having a 
tapering end ; specifically, a thin strip of such 
substance inclosed in a cylinder of soft wood 
or in a metal case with a tapering end. 4. 
Writing done with a pencil, as distinguished 
from that done with ink : as, a note written in 
pencil, 5. In optics, all the rays of light which 
diverge from or converge to a given point. 
The pencil* of rays proceeding from the different points 
of a visible object 
D. Stewart, Outlines of Moral Philosophy, | 22. 
About half-past eleven, a pencil of bright red light shot 
up a signal which the sun uplifted to herald his coming. 
B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 132. 
6. In yeom., the figure formed by a number of 
lines which meet in one point. 7. In cool., a 
tuft or little brush, as of hair or feathers. Also 
called jwnifintMm. Aniline pencil See anUine. 
Axial pencil, in geam., the figure formed by a number of 
planes passing through a given line, which is called the 
base or axis of the axial pencil. Center of a flat pencil. 
Bet wn/rri. Diamond, hair, harmonic, etc.. pencil. 
See the adjectives Flat pencil, the aggregate of straight 
lines lying in one plane and passing through one point 
Metallic pencil, a pencil made of an alloy of tin, lead, 
and bismuth. The paper to be written on with It Is pre- 
pared with bone-ash. Pendl Of curves, the aggregate 
of plane curves of a given order, say the nth, r*****y 
through n points, of which 4n (n 3) 1 are independent 
Pencil Of planes, the aggregate of all the planes pass- 
ing through a given line. Pencil of surfaces, the ag- 
gregate of all the surfaces passing through the same fun- 
damental non-plane curve. (See also copying-pencil, lead- 
pencil, slate-pencil.) 
pencil 1 (pon'sil), v. t.', pret. and pp. penciled , pen- 
cilled, ppr. penciling, pencilling. [(. pencil 1 , M.] 
1. To paint or draw; execute with a pencil or 
in pencil; mark with penciling or as with a 
pencil : as, finely penciled eyebrows. 
PencOfd pensiveness and colonr'd sorrow. 
Shot., Lucrece, L 1497. 
Where nature pencUi butterflies on flow'rs. W. Hone. 
2. To write with a pencil. 
It was an engraved card of Judge Pyncheon's, with cer- 
tain pencilled memoranda on the back, referring to vari- 
ous businesses, which It had been his purpose to transact 
during the preceding day. HmMunt, Seven Oables, xlx. 
pencil -t, . Seejieneel 3 . 
pencil-blue (pen sil-blo), n. A distinct shade 
of blue obtained from indigo, used in calico- 
printing. It was employed, before the intro- 
duction of blocks, for painting in parts of a de- 
sign by means of an artists' pencil. 
pencil-case (pen'sil-kas), H. A holder for a 
pencil, either plain or of costly material and 
richly ornamented. It may be adapted to receive 
an ordinary wooden lead-pencil, or a lead consisting of a 
small rod of graphite, of which the point is caused by a 
spring constantly to protrude from its sheath. Pencil- 
cases are usually provided with a device, such as a slide or 
a screw, for drawing the pencil within the case when not 
in use. Those for small leads often have a small liox for 
spare leads at the end opposite the point while those for 
lead-pencils not unusually have a seal at this end. 
pencil-cedar <i" 
and ./'""/" /'. 
pencll-compas8i|>eii'sil-kmii'|iits).,i. A.I- 
man's c.nn|ia-s having a COIM].;I^S-I'|II| upon one 
leg ami a socket for a pencil on 
tin other, or with mie leg fitted 
so that the coiM]>a"-eiid can be 
detached and a pencil put on in 
its place. In the cut, h and g are the 
ten. and d the needle-puint and lead- 
liiiMrra. They have shanks fitted to 
sockets In A and g, and are fastened In 
the socket* by set-screws /, f; a b a 
needle-point which (Us a socket in the 
lower end of e, and U held by a small 
set-screw <; ebasprlng clamp In which 
the lead b Is cUupt-d In n the screw k 
forces Its jaws togetliT. 
penciled, pencilled (pen'iild). a. 
[< pennl + -/*.] 1. Marked 
with lino lines, as if with a pen- 
cil or other Hiiarp-pointed instru- 
ment; decorated or executed in 
delicate ornament or lines, as dis- 
tinguished from broad masses of , j 
color or the like. 2. In . ""'. and 
hot. : (a) Tufted; brushy; peni- 
cillate. (6) Marked with fine PencU<OT 
lines, as if scratched with a pen 
or painted with a line lirush : specifically, mark- 
ed with a series of concentric lines, as every 
feather of the body-plumage of a dark brahma 
or a partridge cochin hen. 3. Kadiated; hav- 
ing pencils of rays. 
pencil-flower (pen'sil-flou'er), . Any plant 
of the genus Stylonanthcn : a translation of the 
genus name. 
penciliform (pen'sil-i-fdrm), a. [< ML. pcncil- 
lut, pencil, T L. forma, form.] Having the 
form or appearance of a pencil, as of rays, etc. 
penciling, pencilling (pen'sil-ing), n. [Verbal 
n. of pencil^, r.J Marks made with a pencil, or 
as if with a pencil ; marking in delicate lines, as 
that of certain flowers, or that on the feathers 
V 
Penciling.- Breast-feathers or Partridge Cochin Hen. 
of some birds; specifically, with reference to 
the females of some varieties of the domestic 
hen, as the plumage of the partridge cochin and 
the dark brahma, a distinct and beautiful mark- 
ing of the separate feathers in concentric lines. 
In a finished drawing the uncfTaced penciling Is often 
serviceable. Austin, Elements of Drawing (ed. 172), p. 27. 
The pencilling! of light that show the exquisite delicacy 
and gracefulness of some ancient stone-cut ornament 
C. K. Norton, Travel and Study In Italy, p. .-. 
pencilled, pencilling. See penciled, ttenciliny. 
pencilryt men' sil -n), . [< pencil' + -ry.] 
Pencil-work; painting; penciling. 
I cannot set impression on their cheeks 
With all my circular hours, days, months, and years, 
But 'tis wip'd off with gloss and penciln. 
Middleton and llmrley, World Tost at Tennis. 
pencil-sharpener (pen'sil-sharp'ner), n. An 
implement for sharpening the point of a lead- 
pencil or a slate-pencil. In the common form the 
end of the pencil Is drawn or rotated against a fixed cutter 
or a series of cutting edges. 
pencil-sketch (pen'sil-skech), n. A sketch 
made with a pencil. 
It is often instructive to take the woman's, the private 
and domestic, view of a public man ; nor can anything be 
more curious than the vast discrepancy between portraits 
Intended for engraving and the pentv-nkrtchc* that pass 
from hand to hand, behind the original's hack. 
even Gables, vUL 
pencil-tree (pen'sil-tre), . The groundsel- 
tree. /WrAfiri* lialim (folia : so named from the 
long brush of pappus borne by the fruitinp 
head. [Rare.] 
