| pen | 1. A feather. 2. A wing. 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. "Graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock." (Job xix. 24) 4. A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. "Those learned pens." 5. <zoology> The internal shell of a squid. 6. [Etymol. Uncertain. <zoology> A female swan. Bow pen. See Bow-pen. Dotting pen, a pen for drawing dotted lines. Drawing, or Ruling, pen, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. Fountain pen, Geometric pen. See 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. Pen name. See Name. <zoology> Sea pen, a pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen. Origin: OE. Penne, OF. Penne, pene, F. Penne, fr. L. Penna. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| grasp | The act of taking securely and holding firmly. Palm grasp, holding an object by wrapping the palm and the fingers around it. Pen grasp, a method, similar to that of holding a pen in writing, of grasping an instrument. (05 Mar 2000) |
| grasp reflex | An involuntary flexion of the fingers to tactile or tendon stimulation on the palm of the hand, producing an uncontrollable grasp; usually associated with frontal lobe lesions. Compare: darwinian reflex. Synonym: forced grasping reflex, grasp reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea-pen | <zoology> A pennatula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |