penny-flower 
penny-flower (pen ' i -lion 'er), n. Same as 
IIIIIIK I/-/IIHI-I r: now so called in allusion to the 
large Ihit and orbicular pods. 
penny-gaff (pon'i-gaf), . A theater of a very 
low class, where the price of admission is a 
penny or two. [Slang, Great Britain.] 
Tin- illtlVrence between a penny-yaff clown and a fair, 
or, as we call It, a canvas-clown, Is this, etc. 
Annie Thomas, Walter (iorlng, II. 131. 
penny-grass (pen'i-gran), . 1. A scrophula- 
riiiceons plant, the common rattle, Hliiiiiiiillni* 
Ci-ixtii-i/nlli. which has flat round seeds like sil- 
vercoins. See raltletaul Itliiiiinillntx. 2. Bare- 
ly, the marsh -penny wort. See pennywort (b). 
penny-land (pen'i-land), . In Great Britain, 
an early unit of land measurement, supposed 
to represent about twenty-one acres. 
penny-mail (pen'i-mal), n. 1. Rent paid in 
money, as distinguished from that paid in kind. 
[Scotch.] 2. A small sum paid to 
pensionary 
ink, and implying foolishness or improvidence The Baltimore oriole unes . . . pieces of utrinK, skeins 
in important affairs. ' 8 ' lk . or the gardener's bun, t<. weave into it* fine pen- 
nest. A. K. Wallace, Nat. Select., p. -J-_'7. 
At present man applies to nature but half his force. . . . 
He lives in It, and masters It by a penny-wisdom. 
Jimerson, Misc., p. 63. 
penny-Wise (pen'i-wi/), a. Saving small sums 
at the hazard of larger; niggardly in unimpor- 
tant affairs: generally used in the phrase / //- 
wise and pound-foolish, careful in small econo- 
mies and wasteful in large affairs. 
Be not penny-wise; riches have wings, and sometimes 
they fly awuy of themselves, sometimes they must be set 
flying to bring In more. Bacon, Riches (ed. 1887). 
pennywort (pen'i-wert), n. One of several 
round-leafed plants of different genera, (a) Cot- 
yledan Umbilicus, sometimes called wall-pennywort. See 
Hdneyavrt, 1, and nawlwort, 1. (b) The marsh- or water- 
pennywort, llydrtjcotylc vulgaris ; also, the other species 
of the genus, as the Indian pennywort, //. Atiatica. (e) 
The Kenllworth Ivy, Linaria Cymbalaria. (d) The Cor- 
nish moneywort, Sibthorpia Europaa. (e) See Obolaria. 
The pennlenest of the earth, the pole (if the north, 
the llniteiifiw or convexlt 
touched. Bacon, \<l 
the proprietor of land, as an acknowledgment pennyworth (pen'i-werth), >i. [Also contr. 
of superiority rather than as an equivalent, 
penny-pies (pen'i-piz), n. 1. The root-leaves 
of Coli/li'doH I'aihiliriift. See /ifinii/icitrt (n). 
2. The round-leafed plant Sibthorpia Euroniea. 
[Local.] 
penny-prickt (pen'i-prik), n. An old game in 
which oblong pieces of iron were thrown at a 
stick on which a penny was placed. 
I hud no other riches; yet was pleased 
To hazard all and stake them gainst a kiss, 
At an old game I used, call'd penny-prick. 
Chapman, Byron a Tragedy, II. 1. 
Penny-pricke appears to have been a common game in 
the fifteenth century, and Is reproved by a religious writer 
of that period. Strvtt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 513. 
penny-purse (pen'i-pers), n. 
ing coin. 
For his heart wits shrivelled like a leather 
when he was dissected. 
penny-rent (pen'i-: 
"They usually give 
penn'worth, penn'orth, pen'orth; < ME. "peny- 
worth, < AS. peningtceorth, < pening, penny, + 
veorth, worth: see penny and worth?] 1. As 
much as is bought for a penny; hence, a small 
quantity. 
The malor wente to the woode warfes, and sold to the 
poor people billot and faggot, by the pennyworth. 
Fabyan, Hen. VIII., an. 1553. 
My friendship I distribute In pennyworths to those about 
me who displease me least 
2. Value for the money given; hence, a bar- 
gain, whether in buying or selling. 
Though the pennyworth on his side be the worst, yet 
hold thee, there 'a some boot. Shak., W. T., Iv. 4. 650. 
A pouch for hold- ' these rt of Vessels ... the Dutch men of Malacca 
have plenty, and can afford good pennyworths. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 111. 
pensileness (pen'sil-nes), . The state of be- 
ing pensile or suspended; a hanging or sus- 
pended condition. 
urth, the pole of the north, ami 
[Ity of heaven, are manifestly 
Advancement of Learning, I. 66. 
pensility (pen-sil'i-ti), n. [< pensile + -i-ty.] 
The state of hanging loosely; pensileness. 
pension (pen'shon), n. [Formerly also p<-n- 
tl<>H ; < ME. pencion (= D.pensioen = G. Sw. 
Dan. jiension), < OF. (and F.) pension, a pay- 
ment, pension, money paid for board, board, F. 
also a boarding-school, = Sp. pension = Pg. /- 
sao = It. pensione, a payment, pension, < L. pen- 
xin(-), a weight, a payment or term of pay- 
ment, tax, impost, rent, interest, < pendere, pp. 
in IIXIIH, weigh, weigh out, hang : see pendent.] 
1. A payment; a sum paid; expenditure; spe- 
cifically, in the English inns of court, a small 
annual charge (.Iv. -lil.) upon each member. 
[Obsolete except in the specific use.] 
Of princes and prelatus hear pencion schulde aryse, 
And of the pore peple no peneworth to take. 
Piers Plowman (A), vilL 49. 
Th' Almighty made the Mouth to recompence 
The Stomachs pension and the Times expence. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du BarUu's Weeks, I. 8. 
2. A stated payment to a person in consider- 
ation of the past services of himself or of some 
kinsman or ancestor ; periodical payment made 
to a person retired from service on account of 
age or other disability; especially, a yearly 
sum granted by a government to retired public 
officers, to soldiers or sailors who have served 
a certain number of years or have been wound- 
ed, to the families of soldiers or sailors killed 
relied like ;i leather peny-purtr rj_ 
Bowett, Letters (1650). (Hares.) Fenc ? u ?t "' . , 8 ? e if*'.'*' , or disabled, or to meritorious authors, artists, 
n. Income; revenue Penological (pe-no-loj'i-k^l), a. [< penolog-y + and others. 
-tc-al.] Of or pertaining to penology ; pertain- . ... 
answered the priest, "some 
!. J Of or pertaining to penology ; pertain 
ing to punishment for public offenses. 
penologist (pe-nol'o-jist), n. [< penolog-y + 
~ Jarvis, tr. of Don Quixoto'.T ill T (Davits.) -*'] One wno is 'versed in penology ;' one 
He proposes a jointure of 1200Z. a year, penny-rents, and who makes a study of penology. 
400 guineas a year for her private purse. penology, poenology (pe-nol'o-ji), n. [< L. pce- 
Richardson, Sir Charles Grandlson, II. xlvl. no,, < Or. imivi/, penalty J expiation (see pain 1 , 
penny-room (pen'i-r8m), . A room in which penal), + -foyia, < /Uyeiv, say, speak : see -ology.] 
penny entertainments are provided ; a penny- The study of punishment for crime, both in its 
gaff. deterrent and in its reformatory aspect; the 
Till you break in at plays, like 'prentices, study of the management of prisons. 
For three a groat, and crack nnts with the scholars penOUt, " An obsolete form of pennon. 
In penny-rooms again, and fight for apples. pen-rack (pen'rak), . A rack for holding pens 
Fletcher, ^/U, without Money, Iv. 5. ^ penhold 'e r8 whe ' n not in uge . 
pennyrot (pen 'i -rot), w. The marsh-penny- penst, n. An obsolete form of pence, plural of 
wort : so called from its supposed property of penny. 
giving sheep the rot. See pennywort (b) and pensat (pen'sii), n. [< L., a day's provisions or 
Hijdrocotyle. ration, < pendere, pp. pensus, weigh, weigh out, 
pennyroyal (pen-i-roi'al),n. [An altered form of suspend: see pendent, poise.] i 
/mliot-royal, the word penny, common in other salt, etc., equal to 256 pounds. 
plant-names, being substituted for the obs. pen-sac (pen'sak), n. The part or 
iniUol: see puliol, puliol-royal.'] 1. A much- cephalopods which contains the pen or cala^ 
branched prostrate perennial herb, Mentha Pu- mary, as of a squid. 
A flap or hood -like prolongation of the 
TIs no matter if I do halt ; I have the wars for my colour, 
and my pension shall seem the more reasonable. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., I. 2. 278. 
There are 300 People perpetually here at work ; and, if 
one comes young, and grows old In St. Mark's service, he 
hath a Pension from the State during Life. 
Ili.uvll, Letters, I. L 2a 
3. In Eng. eccles. law, a sum of money paid to 
a clergyman or church in lieu of tithes. 4. An 
assembly of the members or benchers of Gray's 
Inn to consult about the affairs of the soci- 
ety; also, a similar assembly in Barnard's Inn. 
Also spelled pention. 5 (F. pron. pon-sion'). 
A boarding-house or a boarding-school, espe- 
cially on the Continent. [Recent.] pension Of- 
fice, a division of the Interior Department of the United 
States Government, under th charge of the Commissioner 
of Pensions, whose duty it Is to supervise the execution 
of the laws relating to pensions and bounty-lands. 
use is now chiefly domestic. Its essential oil is to some pensativet (pen'sa-tiv), a. 
2. A plant of the genus Hedeoma; the Amer- 
ican pennyroyal. See Hedeoma, and oil ofhe- 
deoma (under <>i/).-Bastard pennyroyal. Sa^neas Shelton tr 
blue-curls.- False pennyroyal See /a)iMtw.-Mock , 
pennyroyal, a plant of the genus Hedeoma. Oil of penselt, . Seepencel*. 
pennyroyal. See oil. pensfult, a. See pensiful. 
penny stone, . See penistone. pensiblet (pen'si-bl), a. [< L. pendere, pp. 
pennyweight (pen i-wat),n. [<ptnny_ + weight, pennus, weigh, weigh out, suspend, + -Me] 
suspend: see pendent, poise.] A wey of cheese, pension (pen'shon), f. {< pension, .] I. trans. 
To grant a pension to: as, to pension soldiers; 
organ of to pension an old servant. 
Full plac'd and pensinn'd. see, Horatio stands. 
P. Whitehead, State Dunces. 
n.t intrans. To lodge; be boarded. Com- 
pare pension, n., 5. 
L v. cl., 1884, p. 338. When they meet with any person of note and emlnency, 
[< OF. pensatif= ""d journey or pension with him any time, they desire 
1 think SAB Stfn him * write nl8 " ame wltl1 80me 8nort sentence, which 
' thev call the mot of remembrance. 
BoweU, Korraine Travell, | 4. 
pensionable (pen'shen-a-bl), a. 
pensionable. 2. Entitling to a pension: as, 
pensionable disabilities. 
Our brevet martyrs speedily reduced themselves to a 
pensionable condition, and we knew that there was no pen- 
sion law applicable to their case. 
The Atlantic, LXIII. 797. 
pound; now, and since the eighteenth year of 
Henry VIII., when the use of the Tower pound 
was forbidden, a weight of 24 grains, or ^ of a -..,..1., 
troy ounce. Abbreviated dwt. 45. 
penny-whitet, a. Rich; well-endowed. 
(if the first sort (the most ancient nuns] we account the 
she-Benedictines, commonly called black nuns, but I as- m,, ~. , 
snre you, penny white, being most richly endowed lue "Overnour, i. u. 
Fuller, Oh. Hist., VI. i. 38. (Davies.) pensllt, . See pencil^, pentcP. 
pennywinkest, . pi. Same as ;><</(. pensile (pen'sii), a. [= Sp. Pg. pensil = It. 
pensile, < L. pensilis, hanging, < pendere, pp. 
pensus. hang: see pendent.] Hanging; sus- 
pended; hanging and swaying; pendulous. 
I might here also tell of those Pensile gardens, borne 
vp on arches, foure square, each square contayning foure 
:at pensionary (pen'shpn-a-ri), a. and n. [= F. 
a pensionnaire = Sp. Pg'. It. pvnsionario, < ML. 
at pensionaritis, of a pension, as a noun a pen- 
. 
[A corrup- 
_ _____ _ ..... ^ 
pennywinkle (pen'i-wiiig-kl), . 
tion of periwinkle*.] Same as 
[New Bug.] 
pennywinkler (pen'i-wing-kler), n. 
/>< riinit/cli'V. [New Eng.] 
penny-wisdom (pen'i-wiz'dum), n. Wisdom 
orpmdence in small mutters: used with refer- 
ence to the phrase penny-wise nnd pound-fiiol- 
Same as 
A 1 SSUfSfSSK^SU t " le "" " - P^'onanns OI a pens.on, as a noun a pen- 
sioner, ML. also pensionans, one who owes or 
pays a pension (> D. pensionaris, a pensionary), 
pensifeheadt, n'. A'variant of pensireliead. < ' pewo(-), a pension: see pension."] I. a. 
pensifult, pensfult, a. [Appar. irreg.</>en(i') * O/ the nature of a pension ; consisting in a 
+ -//.] Thoughtful; pensive. Kir T. Elyot, pension : as, a pensionary provision for mainte- 
nance. 2. Maintained by a pension; receiv- 
ing a pension. 
If your master be a minister of state, let him be at home 
to none but his pimp, or chief flatterer, or one of bis pen- 
tionary writers. Swift, Directions to Servant*. 
II. n. ;_pl. pensionaries (-riz). 1. A person 
who receives a pension from government for 
past services, or a yearly allowance from some 
company or individual ; a pensioner. 2. For- 
merly, a chief magistrate in the larger towns of 
Holland Grand pensionary, formerly, the president 
of the States General of Holland. 
, 
hundred foote. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 56. 
Over her state two crowns hanging, 
With pensile shields thorough them. 
/.'. Junson, King James's Coronation Entertainment. 
