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penful|ˈpɛnfʊl|
[f. pen n.2 4 + -ful 2.]
The quantity (of ink) taken up by a pen at one dip; transf. as much as one can write with this.
1555R. Braham Lydgate's Chron. Troy To Rdr., I shulde neuer then haue dared, to haue bestowed hereof one penful of yncke. a1662Heylin Laud (1668) 479 An Act..which he had also signed with the same Penful of Ink. 1771H. Walpole Let. to C'tess Ossory 27 June, I have not picked up a penful [of news] since I wrote to my lord. |