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!
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
n.
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.
n.
The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of
certain instruments.
n.
The tube of a musical instrument.
n.
Something having the form of a quill
n.
The fold or plain of a ruff.
n.
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the
thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
n.
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
He touched the tender stops of various quills.5.
Quill
His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff.2.
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;
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I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.
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