- (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 bird's 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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