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PENNY-MAILL, _s._

1. Rent paid in money.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. A small sum paid to a proprietor of land, as an acknowledgment of superiority.

V. ~Mail~.

_Maitland P._

PENNYSTANE, PENNY-STONE, _s._ A flat stone used as a quoit. _To play at the pennystane_, to play with quoits of this kind, S.

_Pennant._

_A pennystane cast_, the distance to which a stone-quoit may be thrown.

_Barbour._

PENNYWHEEP, _s._ Small beer, Aberd.

V. ~Whip~.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

PENNY-WIDDIE, _s._

V. ~Pin-the-Widdie~.

PENNON, _s._ A small banner.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. id. Alem. _fanon_, vexillum.

PENSEIL, PINSEL, _s._ A small streamer, borne in battle.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _penoncel_, _pencel_, a flag.

PENSY, PENSIE, _adj._

1. Having a mixture of self-conceit and affectation in one's appearance, S.