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n. [ Aver, n. + penny. ] (Old Eng. Law) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + pennate: cf. L. bipennis. Cf. Bipinnate. ] Having two wings. “Bipennated insects.” Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. brevis short + E. pennate. ] (Zool.) Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n. Some worthless catchpenny thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A white pennant with red border, carried: (a) Forward on all vessels on convoy duty. (b) Alone by a senior officer present during evolutions or drills, when it commands “Silence.” (c) Over a signal number, when it refers to the signal number of an officer in the Annual Navy Register. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ Cf. Arles, 4th Earnest. ] Earnest money. Same as Arles penny. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Corruption of five penny bit. ] The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Before the act of Congress, Feb. 21, 1857, caused the adoption of decimal coins and the withdrawal of foreign coinage from circulation, this coin passed currently for 61/4 cents, and was called in New England a fourpence ha'penny or fourpence; in New York a sixpence; in Pennsylvania, Virginia, etc., a fip; and in Louisiana, a picayune. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair. [ Colloq. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.;pl. Half-pence r Half-pennies An English coin of the value of half a penny, no longer minted; also, the value of half a penny.
Syn. -- ha'penny. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.
Syn. -- ha'p'orth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A half-penny. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins. -- n. One of the Impennes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. pref. im- not + penna feather. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. pref. im- not + penna wing. ] (Zool.) Having no wings, as some insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A devourer or absorber of money. “Law is a lickpenny.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. longus long + E. pennate. ] (Zool.) Having long wings, or quills. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. longus long + penna wing. ] (Zool.) A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 2-3/4 in or 7 cm long; -- used of nail size; as, a ninepenny nail. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. costing 9 cents (US) or 5 pence (Britain). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality or state of being open. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pennæ [ L. ] (Zool.) A perfect, or normal, feather. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to a normal feather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pennache. See Panache. ] A bunch of feathers; a plume. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. pennaché. See Panache. ] Variegated; striped. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. penna feather. ] Feathery covering; plumage. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See Pen a feather, and cf. Pennon, Pinion. ] (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or long pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel. “With flags and pennants trimmed.” Drayton. (b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pennatus feathered, winged, from penna feather, wing. ] 1. Winged; plume-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Pinnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Pennatulæ E. Pennatulas [ NL., fr. L. penna a feather. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pennatula. ] (Zool.) A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Winged; having plumes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Written with a pen; composed. “Their penned speech.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Enclosed in a pen; -- of animals. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who pens; a writer. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A case for holding pens. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. penna feather + -form: cf. F. penniforme. ] Having the form of a feather or plume. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. penniger; penna feather + gerere to bear. ] (Zool.) Bearing feathers or quills. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Penny. ] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pen"ni*less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. penna feather + E. nerve. ] Pinnately veined or nerved. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pennipotens; penna wing + potens strong. ] Strong of wing; strong on the wing. [ Poetic ] Davies (Holy Roode). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Pinion. ] A wing; a pinion. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pennant. ] A pennant; a flag or streamer. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ OF. penoncel. See Pennant. ] A small pennon borne on a lance. See Pencel. [ Also spelled penoncel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The geological period from 280 million to 310 million years ago; -- it was characterized by a warm climate and abundance of swampy land.
Syn. -- Pennsylvanian period, Upper Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous period. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A resident of the state of Pennsylvania. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Perh. a corruption of pun, for pound. ] Denoting the weight in pounds for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pennies r Pence Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [ OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin. ] 1. A former English coin, originally of copper, then of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [ and was ] called penny, denarius, or denier.” R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see Pennyweight). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. [ 1913 Webster ]

What penny hath Rome borne,
What men provided, what munition sent? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Script.) See Denarius. [ 1913 Webster ]

Penny cress (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies (Thlaspi arvense). Also spelled pennycress. Dr. Prior. --
Penny dog (Zool.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. --
Penny pincher,
Penny father, a penurious person; a miser; a niggard. The latter phrase is now obsolete. Robinson (More's Utopia). --
Penny grass (Bot.), pennyroyal. [ R. ] --
Penny post, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. --
Penny wise, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; penny-wise; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worth or costing one penny; as, penny candy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi; see penny cress. [ Also spelled penny cress. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
Syn. -- parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Scrimping; reluctant to spend money; stingy; miserly; same as cheesparing.
Syn. -- cheeseparing, close. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]