pench

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Today they were following the trail of an elusive pench, whose pelt was worth ten otters, because penchfur was so thick and the colors so vibrant.

Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010
He had to keep his gaze upward, because the pench had moved from branch to branch.

Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010
A few minutes later, the trail of the pench went up into the air and kept going out of sight.

Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010
Sister Mariechen vas sitting on a pench, and she ask me what I want.

Boyhood 2003
We think Mr. Hazlitt's notes are, in the main, good; but we should like to know his authority for saying that _pench_ means "the hole in a bench by which it was taken up," -- that "descant" means

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Various
I see you there under the moon, pench, eating my tartane with your eyes.

The Rover 1923
And somebody else said, "'Es on'y drunk, and wantin' to pench 'is mother."

The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892
"Stou thet now -- d'ye want a kepple er black eyes or a pench on the nowze?"

The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892
Sister Mariechen vas sitting on a pench, and she ask me what I want.

Boyhood Leo Tolstoy 1869
Father didn’t bother to answer, but let Rigg lead them back up the bank and through the woods to where Rigg first spotted the pench’s trail.

Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010