Pen"ock (?), n. See Pend.
Pen`o*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to penology.
Pe*nol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in, or a student of, penology.
Pe*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, or L. poena, punishment + -logy.] The
science or art of punishment. [Written also púnology.]
Pen"rack` (?), n. A rack for pens not in use.
Pens (?), n., pl. of Penny. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pen"sa*tive (?), a. Pensive. [Obs.] Shelton.
Pen"sel (?), n. A pencel. Chaucer.
Pen"si*ble (?), a. Held aloft. [Obs.] Bacon.
Pen"sile (?), a. [L. pensilis, fr. pendere to hang: cf. OE. pensil. See
Pendant.] Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. Bacon.
The long, pensile branches of the birches.
W. Howitt.
Pen"sile*ness, n. State or quality of being pensile; pendulousness.
Pen"sion (?), n. [F., fr. L. pensio a paying, payment, fr. pendere,
pensum, to weight, to pay; akin to pend&?;re to hang. See Pendant, and
cf. Spend.] 1. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. [Obs.]
The stomach's pension, and the time's expense.
Sylvester.
2. A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services;
payment made to one retired from service, on account of age,
disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a
government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families
of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like.
To all that kept the city pensions and wages.