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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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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. |
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A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. |
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The pen of a squid. See Pen. |
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The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of
certain instruments. |
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The tube of a musical instrument. |
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Something having the form of a quill |
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The fold or plain of a ruff. |
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A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the
thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. |
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A hollow spindle. |
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To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings;
as, to quill a ruffle. |
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To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. |