Quill

[Quill]

A quill is a feather, or the narrow tube of a feather's shaft long ago used as a writing instrument. John Hancock didn't use a ballpoint to sign the Declaration of Independence, silly. He used a quill!

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One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

Noun
a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog

Noun
the hollow shaft of a feather

Noun
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

Noun
pen made from a bird''s feather

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One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

n.
A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill.

n.
A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.

n.
The pen of a squid. See Pen.

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The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.

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The tube of a musical instrument.

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Something having the form of a quill

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The fold or plain of a ruff.

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A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.

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A hollow spindle.

v. t.
To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.

v. t.
To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.

Quill

Quill , n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see Kayless); but cf. also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir. cuille a quill.] 1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather. 2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill. Sir H. Wotton. 3. (Zo'94l.) (a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. (b) The pen of a squid. See Pen. 4. (Mus.) (a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. (b) The tube of a musical instrument.
He touched the tender stops of various quills.
5. Something having the form of a quill; as: (a) The fold or plain of a ruff. (b) (Weaving) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. (c) (Mach.) A hollow spindle. Quill bit, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a gouge. -- Quill driver, one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk. [Jocose] -- Quill nib, a small quill pen made to be used with a holder. Simmonds.

Quill

Quill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quilling.] 1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff.
2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. Judd.

One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.

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Usage Examples

I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.

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