Pelt, n. Skin (of a beast with the hair on it), hide, raw hide, undressed hide.
Pelt, v. a.
- 1. Strike (with something thrown), beat, batter, assail with missiles, belabor.
- 2. Throw, cast, hurl.
Peltate, Peltated, a. (Bot.) Shield-shaped.
Pelting, n. Beating, battering.
Peltry, n. Pelts, hides, skins, raw hides.
Pen, v. a.
- 1. Write, compose, indite, commit to paper, inscribe.
- 2. Encage, coop, confine, enclose, impound, imprison, incarcerate, shut up, shut in, hem in, wall in, rail
in.
Pen, n. Enclosure, pinfold, pound, sty, coop, penfold.
Penal, a. Punitive.
Penalty, n.
- 1. Punishment, penal retribution.
- 2. Forfeiture, fine, mulct, amercement.
Penance, n.
- 1. Punishment, (self-inflicted or imposed by ecclesiastical authority), mortification, maceration, humiliation,
penalty.
Penates, n. Household gods.
Penchant, n. [Fr.] Inclination, bent, propensity, proneness, proclivity, disposition, tendency, turn, leaning, predisposition, liking, fondness, predilection, taste, bias, propension.
Pencil, n.
- 1. Brush (made of hair or fine bristles).
- 2. Crayon.