Definition of quill

noun (n)

• pen made from a bird's feather (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: quill pen
  

  source: wordnet30
• a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog (noun.animal)

  source: wordnet30
• any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird (noun.animal)

  Synonym: flight feather, pinion, quill feather
  

  source: wordnet30
• the hollow spine of a feather (noun.animal)

  Synonym: calamus, shaft
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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