Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PEN'TA-GRAPH
PEN-TAG'O-NAL, or PEN-TAG'ON-OUSPEN-TA-GRAPH'IC, or PEN-TA-GRAPH'IC-AL
PEN'TA-GRAPH, n. [Gr. πεντε, five, and γραφη, a writing.]
An instrument for drawing figures in any proportion at pleasure, or for copying or reducing a figure, plan, print, &c. to any desired size.
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