Definition of quills Quills
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Wiktionary 
- quills (Noun)
Plural of quill.
Part of speech
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| quill - a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog | ||
| spine a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin | ||
| porcupine, hedgehog relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur | ||
| quill - the hollow spine of a feather | ||
| calamus, shaft | ||
| rib support resembling the rib of an animal | ||
| quill - pen made from a bird's feather | ||
| quill pen | ||
| quill - any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird | ||
| flight feather, pinion, quill feather | ||
| plumage, feather, plume turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | ||
| wing a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) | ||
| primary feather, primary quill, primary a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen | ||
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Wiktionary
- quill (Noun)
The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs. - quill (Noun)
A pen made from a feather. - quill (Noun)
Any pen. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. , 1989. - quill (Noun)
A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle -like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators. - quill (Noun)
A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube. - quill (Noun)
The pen of a squid. - quill (Noun)
The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. - quill (Noun)
The tube of a musical instrument . - quill (Noun)
Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. - quill (Verb)
To pierce or be pierced with quills. - quill (Verb)
To write. - quill (Verb)
To form fabric into small, rounded folds. - quill (Verb)
To decorate with quillwork.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- quill (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. - quill (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. - quill (n.)
A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. - quill (n.)
The pen of a squid. See Pen. - quill (n.)
The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. - quill (n.)
The tube of a musical instrument. - quill (n.)
Something having the form of a quill - quill (n.)
The fold or plain of a ruff. - quill (n.)
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. - quill (n.)
A hollow spindle. - quill (v. t.)
To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle. - quill (v. t.)
To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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quill
A writing implement, made from a bird's feather. -
quill
Part of the central axis of a feather, which bears no barbs and which is implanted in the skin.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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quill
kwil, n. a fold of a plaited or fluted ruff.—v.t. to flute: form with rounded ridges.—adj. Quilled, crimped, fluted.—n. Quill′ing, a narrow bordering of plaited lace or ribbon. [Fr. quille, a keel.] -
quill
kwil, n. a reed-pen: the feather of a goose or other bird used as a pen, hence a pen generally: the profession of letters: anything like a quill: the hollow basal stem of a feather: one of the large hollow sharp spines (modified hairs) of the hedgehog, porcupine, &c.: the reed on which weavers wind their thread: the instrument for striking the strings of certain instruments: the tube of a musical instrument: the hollow shaft or mandril of the seal-engraver's lathe: a train for igniting a blast: bark in a cylindrical roll.—v.t. to plait with small ridges like quills: to wind on a quill: to pluck out quills from.—ns. Quill′-driv′er (slang), one who works with a quill or pen, a clerk; Quill′-driv′ing, writing.—adj. Quilled, furnished with quills, or formed into a quill.—ns. Quill′-nib, a quill-pen shortened for use with a holder; Quill′-turn, the machine in which a weaver's quill is turned; Quill′-work, embroidery with porcupine quills, done by the North American Indians; Quill′-wort, any plant of the genus Isoëtes, esp. Isoëtes lacustris.—In the quill (Shak.), perhaps=penned, though others interpret 'in form and order like a quilled ruff.' [Explained by Skeat as orig. a stalk, hence anything pointed, O. Fr. quille, a peg—Old High Ger. kegil or chegil (Ger. kegel), a cone-shaped object, ninepin.]
