pend

noun

1. (Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard. [from 15th c.]

2. (India) oil cake

verb

1. (obsolete) To hang down. [15th-19th c.]

2. (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault. [15th-18th c.]

3. To hang; to depend.

4. (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.

5. (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). [from 20th c.]