pencil-vase 
pencil-vase (pen'sil-vas), n. A vase for hold- 
ing upright the pencils or slender brushes with 
which the Chinese and Japanese write. In shape 
it is either cylindrical or with a flaring top like 
that of a beaker. 
penciont, . A Middle English form of pension. 
pencraft (pen'kraft), n. I. The craft of the 
pen; penmanship; chirography. 2. The art 
of composing or writing; authorship. C.Beade. 
[Bare in both uses.] 
pen-cutter (pen'kuf'er), n. One who or that 
which cuts or makes pens. 
pendH (pend), v. t. [An extended form of pen 1 , 
appar. due to confusion with pind, pound?.'] To 
pen; confine; hamper; restrain. 
Hidden or pended within the limits and precincts of 
Grece. Udatt, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 244. 
That straitness ne'er was meant to pend or press, 
But sure and upright make thy Passage. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, i. 73. 
pend 1 !, . [See pend 1 , v., and pen}.] A pen; 
an inclosure. 
It shewed and represented to the eye muche what the 
facion or Hkenesse of a caige for byrdes, or of a pende 
wherein to kepe other beastes. 
UdaU, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 135. (Davies.) 
pend' 2 (pend), v. i. [< L. pendere, hang; in E. 
use first in ppr. (prep. ) pending : see pending.'] 
To hang, as in a balance; await settlement; 
impend. See pending. 
Great social questions now pend as to how we shall di- 
rect the overflowing charitable instincts of society so as 
really to help the needy and not pamper the lazy. 
5. Lanier, The English Novel, p. 119. 
pend 3 (pend), n. [Perhaps a dial. var. and use 
of pind, var. of pound 3 , n."] In Scotland, an 
arched or covered entrance or passage through 
a block of buildings into an open lane or 
close. 
pendactylism (pen-dak'ti-lizm), n. [Short 
for pentadactylism.'] Same as pentadactylism. 
Haeckel, Evol. of Man, ii. 300. 
pendall (pen'dal). n. In her., same as pan- 
doll. 
pendant (pen'dant), a. and n. [Also pendent ; 
< ME. pendaunt, pendawnt, pendande, < OF. 
pendant, P. pendant = Sp. pendiente = Pg. It. 
pendente, hanging ; as a noun, a thing that hangs 
down, a pendant, counterpart, fellow, etc. ; < L. 
penden(t-)s, hanging, in ML., as a noun, a thing 
hanging down, aslope, porch, ear-ring, etc., ppr. 
of pendere, hang: see pendent."] I. a. Hang- 
ing: same as pendent (which is now the usual 
spelling). 
Butt this me thynkith an Abusion, 
To sene one walke in a robe of scarlet 
xij jerdis wide, with pendaunt slevis down 
On the ground. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.X i. 100. 
Neere it is another pendant towre like that at Pisa, al- 
ways threatning ruine. Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 22, 1844. 
II. n. 1. A loose hanging part; something 
attached to and hanging loosely from an object 
of which it is an ornamental or useful part, as 
a bead, ball, knob, or ring of any material, 
hanging from a necklace, ear-ring, lamp, the 
edge of a garment, or a locket hanging from a 
brooch, or the like. See cut under badge. 
Lordes or ladyes or any lyf elles, 
As persones in pellure with pendauntes of syluer. 
Piers Plowman (B), xv. 7. 
The body of this worke is supported by twelue siluer 
columnes ; at the four anglesof it, four pendants play with 
the wind. Dekker, London s Tempe. 
Specifically (a) An ear-ring. 
Let not the Nymph with Pendants load her Ear. 
Conyreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love, iii. 
(6) A name given to that part of the knightly belt of the 
fourteenth century which was 
allowed to hang after passing 
through the buckle and some- 
times through an additionalloop: 
it ended with the chape, which 
acted as a weight to keep it hang* 
ing perpendicularly, (c) The part 
of a watch by which it is sus- 
pended, consisting generally of 
a guard-ring and a pusher-pin. 
E. H. Knight. 
2. An apparatus hanging 
from a roof or ceiling 
for giving light, generally 
branched and ornament- 
ed; a chandelier or gase- 
lier. 3. In arch., & hang- 
ing ornament used in the vaults and in timber 
roofs of late and debased medieval architec- 
ture, and also in some Oriental architecture. 
In vaulted roofs pendants are generally richly sculptured, 
and in timber- work they are variously decorated with carv- 
ing. See cut in next column. 
Pendant in the Choi, 
4370 
It was a bridge ybuilt in goodly 
wize 
With curious Corhes and pendants 
graven faire. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. x. 6. 
The Indian petulant . . . only 
adds its own weight to that of the 
dome, and has no other prejudicial 
tendency. Its forms, too, general- 
ly have a lightness and elegance 
never even imagined in Gothic art ; 
it hangs from the centre of a dome 
more like a lustre of crystal drops 
than a solid mass of marble or of 
stone. J. Feryusson, Hist Indian 
[Arch., p. 216. 
4f. A pendulum. Sir K. Dig- 
fy 5. Naut.1 () A Short 
f the church of EU, piece of rope with a thimble 
^" f vioE-ic"S or block at one end. (6) A 
"Diet, de 1'Architec- long, narrow, tapering flag. 
See pennant, 1. 
The galley in which he embarked was sumptuously 
adorned with pendants and streamers of gorgeous dyes, 
which fluttered gayly in the wind. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 341. 
6. Something attached to or connected with 
another as an addition ; an appendix. 
This, however, is no proper part of my subject, and only 
appears as a pendant to the above remarks on the results 
of civilization in man. Bibliotheca Sacra, XLV. 31. 
7. Something of the same kind, as a compan- 
ion picture, statue, group of statuary, poem, 
anecdote, etc. ; a parallel. 
The reader may flnd a pendant to this anecdote in a 
similar one recorded of Xinienes's predecessor. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., iL 26, note. 
Ear-pendant, an ear-ring, especially one of large size 
and of a material other than fine jewelry, as in the dress 
of many barbarous nations. Irish pendant, a stray piece 
of rope-yarn or other small cord hanging from the rigging 
of a ship ; a loose end in the rigging. Also Irish pennant. 
There was no rust, no dirt, no rigging hanging slack, 
no fag-ends of ropes and "Irish pendants" aloft. 
R. H. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 206. 
Masthead-pendant, a pendant attached to each side of 
the lower masthead, with a thimble in the hanging end 
to which a heavy tackle, called a pendant-tackle, may be 
hooked. Meal pendant. See meal'*. Pendant-tackle. 
See masthead-pendant. Rudder-pendant, one of the 
strong ropes made fast to the upper part of a rudder, by 
means of chains, to prevent its loss should it chance to 
be unshipped. (There are many other pendants, such as 
yard-tackle pendant, fish-pendant, brace-pendant, and reef- 
pendant, their general effect and use being to transmit the 
effort of their respective tackles to some distant object.) 
pendeloque (pon-de-lok'), n. [P., a pendant, 
OF. pendiloche, a pendant; appar. < pendre, 
hang, + loque, rag, tatter.] A pear-shaped pen- 
dant, especially a diamond cut in this shape, 
but also of other material, as opal, rock-crystal, 
coral, etc. 
pendence (pen'dens), . [< ML. "pendentia (in 
pi. pendentise, offerings suspended on the tombs 
of saints), < L. penden(t-)s, hanging: see pen- 
dent.'] Hang; inclination. 
A graceful pendence of slopeness. 
Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiffl, p. 48. 
pendency (pen'den-si), n. [As pendence (see 
-cy).~] 1. The state of being suspended ; an im- 
pendice 
3. In bnt., hanging on its stalk or support with 
the apex pointed vertically downward, as a flow- 
er or I'm i I .--pen- 
dent counter- 
pendent, in her., 
hanging in couples, 
or one on each side 
of anything : said 
of objects used as 
bearings. Pen- 
dent post, (a) In a 
medieval principal 
roof-truss, a short 
post placed against 
the wall to receive 
a bottom thrust. Its 
lower end rests on 
a corbel or capital, 
while the upper 
supports the tie or 
the hammer-beam. 
(&) A pendentive. 
II. n. Seepen- 
dant. 
pendente lite 
(pen-den'te II'- 
te). [L. : pen- 
dente, abl. sing, 
of penden(t-)s, 
pending (see 
pendent) ; lite, 
abl. sing, of Us , ^. 
(J**-), strife, dis- 
pute, quarrel, 
Pendent Post, 14th century. Cathedral 
' Ely, England. (From viollet-le-Duc's 
Diet, de 1' Architecture.") 
G, top of wall ; /, pendent post ; K, COT- 
* . , ' _ f . -i j.j.' be! ; H, tie or concave rib ; C, hammer- 
suit: see Us 1 , Mi- beam , ABEF. roof.truss. 
gate.] While a 
suit or an action is pending ; during the litiga- 
tion. See K* 1 Alimony pendente lite. See ali- 
many. Injunction pendente lite. See ad interim in- 
junction, under injunction. 
pendentive (pen-den 'tiv), n. [= F.pendentif, 
hanging; as pendent + -ive.~] In arch., one of 
the triangular segments of the lower part of a 
hemispherical dome left by the penetration of 
. 
pending or hanging. 
being undecided or in continuance : as, to wait 
Pendant, I (*). 
Koget. 2. The state of 
continuance: as, to wait 
during ihe pendency of a suit orpetition. Ayliffe. 
Mr. Hayes reminded him, during the pendency of the 
motion to adjourn, that he must not do so until he had ar- 
ranged for the payment of the hall. 
W. Phillips, Speeches, etc., p. 329. 
pendent (pen'dent), a. and n. [Also pendant 
(the usual form in the noun use); < ME. pen- 
daunt = P. pendant = Sp. pendiente = Pg. It. 
pendente, < L. penden(t-)s, hanging, ppr. of pen- 
dere, hang, be suspended, akin to pendere, 
weigh. Hence (< L. pendere, pendere) ult. E. ap- 
pend, depend, expend, impend, suspend, etc., com- 
pend, compendium, compensate, etc., dependant, 
dependent, etc., pend 2 , pending, pendicle, pendu- 
lous, pendulum, pendle, pendice, pentice, appen- 
tiee, penthouse, etc., pensile, poise (avoirdupois), 
etc.] I. a. 1. Hanging; suspended; pendu- 
lous. 
With ribands pendent, flaring "bout her head. 
Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 6. 42. 
Not surely arm'd in steel or iron strong, 
But each a glaive had pendent by his side. 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso, i. 50. 
We pass a gulf, in which the willows dip 
Their pendent boughs, stooping as if to drink. 
Cowper, Task, i. 269. 
2. Jutting over; overhanging; projecting: as, 
a pendent rock. 
The bright arch of rainbow clouds, 
And pendent mountains seen in the calm lake. 
Shelley, Alastor. 
Domes Resting: on Pendentives. Nave of the Cathedral of Angou- 
leme, France. 
the dome by two semicircular or ogival vaults, 
intersecting at right angles. Upon thependentives 
is supported, in place of the upper part of the dome of 
which they are segments, an independent dome of which 
the diameter is equal to 
that of the absent upper 
part of the first dome, or 
sometimes a lantern or a 
tower. The true penden- 
tive is characteristic of 
Byzantine architecture, 
and is still commonly 
used in the various Ori- 
ental architectures based 
upon the style of build- 
ing of the Greek empire. 
In it was found the solu- 
tion of the problem of 
covering a rectangular 
space with a vault of cir- 
Diagrain of Pendentive. 
a b c d e, dome supported on pen- 
dentives ; g E . axis of dome ; A a d, 
B ba.C cb, D(t c, pendentives. 
cularplan. The term pen- 
dentive is often extended, 
but incorrectly, to any ar- 
chitectural device occupying the position of a true penden- 
tive, and designed to answer the same purpose, but con- 
structed of courses laid in horizontal beds and projecting 
each one beyond that below, or of a succession of arches 
corbeled out, or in any other manner which will meet the 
case. No such device, however, can be a true pendentive, 
unless the structure is in both form and construction a 
segment of a dome. 
pendently (pen'dent-li), adv. In a pendent, 
pendulous, or projecting manner, 
pendicet (pen'dis), . [A var. of pentice, simu- 
l&ting pendent, pendicle: see pentice.'] A sloping 
roof; a pentice or appentice; a pent-house. 
And o'er their heads an iron pendice vast 
They built, by joining many a shield and targe. 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso, xi. 33. (Nares.) 
