pen

pen
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. stockade, enclosure, fold, stall, coop, cage, pound, corral, paddock; stylus, quill. —v. t. confine, jail, impound, enclose, restrain, cage, coop; write, indite, inscribe. See restraint, abode, writing.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An enclosed place]
Syn. coop, cage, pound, fold, corral, sty, close, concentration camp, penitentiary; see also enclosure 1 .
2. [The means of enclosure]
Syn. wire fence, hedge, wall; see fence 1 .
3. [A writing instrument]
Types of pens and pen points include: fountain, ink, common, desk, drawing, ruling, marker, artist's, calligraphic, reed, quill, steel, ball point, felt tip, roller ball, highlighter, biro (British); nib, stub, fine, coarse, Spencerian; Speedball, Sharpie, Osmiroid ( all trademarks). v.
1. [To enclose]
Syn. close in, fence in, confine, corral, coop up*; see also enclose 1 .
2. [To write]
Syn. compose, indite, commit to writing; see write 1 , 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. writing instrument ballpoint, quill, style, fountain pen. ''That mighty instrument of little men.''—Lord Byron. ''Wit's plough.''—John Clarke.
2. enclosure cage, pound, confine, corral, sty, coop, jail, prison.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To be the author of (a published work or works): publish, write. See WORDS.
V
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To confine within a limited area: cage, coop (in or up), enclose, fence (in), immure, mew (up), shut in, shut up, wall (in or up). See FREE.
VI
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Informal. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal: lockup. Slang: big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey1, slammer, stir2. Chiefly Regional: calaboose. See FREE.

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