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Meaning of 'quill' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
- 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.
- A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
- The pen of a squid. See Pen.
- The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
- The tube of a musical instrument.
- Something having the form of a quill
- The fold or plain of a ruff.
- A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
- A hollow spindle.
2 . Quill [ v. t.]
- To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
- To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.

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