Pen"man*ship, n. The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing;
style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.
||Pen"na (?), n.; pl. PennÊ (#). [L.] (Zoˆl.) A perfect, or normal,
||feather.
Pen"na"ceous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Like or pertaining to a normal feather.
Pen"nach (?), n. [OF. pennache. See Panache.] A bunch of feathers; a
plume. [Obs.] Holland.
Pen"nached (?), a. [Cf. OF. pennachÈ. See Panache.] Variegated;
striped. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Pen"nage (?), n. [L. penna feather.] Feathery covering; plumage. [Obs.]
Holland.
Pen"nant (?), 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, 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.
{ Pen"nate (?), Pen"na*ted (?), } a. [L. pennatus feathered, winged,
from penna feather, wing.] 1. Winged; plume- shaped.