pensile

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The "pensile Lilac" has been sung by many poets; but the spirit of the flower has been best portrayed in verse by Elizabeth Akers.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

The crested waters sleep; White stars their emerald twilight keep Above the tryst of pensile glories That kiss to purple-and-gold the deep.

From Song-waves by Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)

Be careful to distinguish between pencil, an instrument for writing, and pensile, meaning hanging down.

From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous

The oriole uses them the most successfully, often attaching her pensile nest to the branch by their aid.

From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John

They are celebrated for their fine purse-shaped pensile nests.

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel