n., pl. of Penny; pence. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pensive. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A pencel. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Held aloft. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. pensilis, fr. pendere to hang: cf. OE. pensil. See Pendant. ] Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The long, pensile branches of the birches. W. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State or quality of being pensile; pendulousness. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. L. pensio a paying, payment, fr. pendere, pensum, to weight, to pay; akin to pend&unr_;re to hang. See Pendant, and cf. Spend. ]
The stomach's pension, and the time's expense. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]
To all that kept the city pensions and wages. 1 Esd. iv. 56. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Entitled to receive a pension;
n.;
Grand pensionary,