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Definition of Quill
Quill
A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.

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.

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.

A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.

The pen of a squid. See Pen.

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

The tube of a musical instrument.

Something having the form of a quill

The fold or plain of a ruff.

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

A hollow spindle.

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

To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.

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As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers.
Daniel H. Hill

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

I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.
Jay Dratler



Quill Translations
quill in German is Feder, Federkiel


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