Pen*i"ble (?), a. [OF. penible. Cf. Painable.] Painstaking; assidous.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Pen"i*cil (?), n. [L. penicillum, penicillus, a painter's brush, a roil
of lint, a tent for wounds.] (mented.) A tent or pledget for wounds or
ulcers.
Pen`i*cil"late (?), a. [Cf. F. pÈnicillÈ. See Penicil.] (Biol.) Having
the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in
a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some
grasses.
Pen`i*cil"li*form (?), a. (Bot.) Penicillate.
Pen*in"su*la (?), n. [L. peninsula or paeninsula; paene almost + insula
an island. See Isle.] A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and
connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.
Pen*in"su*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. pÈninsulaire.] Of or pertaining to a
peninsula; as, a peninsular form; peninsular people; the peninsular
war.
Pen*in"su*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peninsulated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Peninsulating.] To form into a peninsula.
South River . . . peninsulates Castle Hill farm.
W. Bentley.
Pe"nis (p"ns), n. [L.] (Anat.) The male member, or organ of generation.
Pen"i*tence (?), n. [F. pÈnitence, L. paenitentia. See Penitent, and
cf. Penance.] The quality or condition of being penitent; the
disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance;
contrition. "Penitence of his old guilt." Chaucer.
Death is deferred, and penitenance has room To mitigate, if not
reverse, the doom.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Repentance; contrition; compunction.
Pen"i*ten*cer (?), n. [F. pÈnitencier.] A priest who heard confession
and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases. [Written also penitenser.]
[Obs.] Chaucer.