2. Penuriousness; miserliness. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Pen"wip`er (?), n. A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or

cleaning ink from a pen.

Pen"wom`an (?), n.; pl. Penwomen (&?;). A female writer; an authoress.

Johnson.

Pe"on (?), n. See Poon.

Pe"on, n. [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe&?;o, one who travels on foot, a foot

soldier, a pawn in chess. See Pawn in chess.] 1. A foot soldier; a

policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. [India]

2. A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish

American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified

servitude, to work out a debt.

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