PPage 171
- English Word Pencilling Definition of Pencil
- English Word Pencraft Definition Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.
- English Word Pencraft Definition The art of composing or writing; authorship.
- English Word Pend Definition Oil cake; penock.
- English Word Pend Definition To hang; to depend.
- English Word Pend Definition To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.
- English Word Pend Definition To pen; to confine.
- English Word Pendant Definition Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.
- English Word Pendant Definition A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features.
- English Word Pendant Definition One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.
- English Word Pendant Definition A pendulum.
- English Word Pendant Definition The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
- English Word Pended Definition of Pend
- English Word Pendence Definition Slope; inclination.
- English Word Pendency Definition The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
- English Word Pendency Definition The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit.
- English Word Pendent Definition Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf.
- English Word Pendent Definition Jutting over; projecting; overhanging.
- English Word Pendentive Definition The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.
- English Word Pendentive Definition The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.