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Pennant - Sailing (gambling) and pentlandite (iou)


Pennant - Sailing (gambling)


(1) A small flag, such as can be used for signaling. Flags can be used together to spell words or individually as codes, such as the quarantine flag. (2) A small line attached to a mooring chain, sometimes called a pendant.

pentlandite (iou)



pentlandite noun. M19.
[from J. B. Pentland (1797-1873), Irish traveller + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A bronze-yellow sulphide of iron and nickel which crystallizes in the cubic system and is the principal ore of nickel.