Quill Synonyms & Definitions

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• QuillDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.
(n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
(n.) The fold or plain of a ruff.
(n.) The pen of a squid. See Pen.
(n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
(v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
(n.) Something having the form of a quill
(n.) One of the large feathers of a birds wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
(n.) The tube of a musical instrument.
(n.) A hollow spindle.
(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.
(n.) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
(v. t.) To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.

• QuilledDefinition & Meaning in English

(a.) Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills.
(imp. & p. p.) of Quill