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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
quill
n 1: pen made from a bird's feather [syn: quill, quill pen]
2: a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
3: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird [syn:
flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather]
4: the hollow spine of a feather [syn: quill, calamus,
shaft]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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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.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
(b) The pen of a squid. See Pen.
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4. (Mus.)
(a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings
of certain instruments.
(b) The tube of a musical instrument.
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He touched the tender stops of various quills.
--Milton.
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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.
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6. (Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or
of cinchona.
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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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --Goldsmith.
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2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --Judd.
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4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
QUILL, n. An implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly
wielded by an ass. This use of the quill is now obsolete, but its
modern equivalent, the steel pen, is wielded by the same everlasting
Presence.
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Thesaurus Results for quill:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
barb, barbule, barrel, bramble, brier, bristle, burr, cactus, catchweed, cilium, cleavers, crest, feather, filament, filamentule, goose grass, hackle, needle, nettle, panache, pine needle, pinion, plume, plumule, prickle, scapular, shaft, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, thistle, thorn, topknot, tuft, yucca |
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Common Misspellings > |
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