1. Noun
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. Noun
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.
3. Noun
A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
4. Noun
The pen of a squid. See Pen.
5. Noun
The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
6. Noun
The tube of a musical instrument.
7. Noun
Something having the form of a quill
8. Noun
The fold or plain of a ruff.
9. Noun
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
10. Noun
A hollow spindle.
11. Verb
To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
12. Verb
To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.
13. Noun
a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
14. Noun
the hollow spine of a feather
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
15. Noun
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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