penning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: penning	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for penning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penning n the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" Synonym(s): writing, authorship, composition, penning
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet. [bd]A prayer elaborately penned.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {Pent} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Penning}.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See {Pin}, 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. [bd]Away with her, and pen her up.[b8] --Shak. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton.