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  1. 1. n. A feather. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A wing. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. The internal shell of a squid. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. A female swan. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. & v. To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. a writing implement with a point from which ink flows Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. an enclosure for confining livestock Source: wordnet
  12. 12. n. a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play Source: wordnet

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