QUILL
\kwˈɪl], \kwˈɪl], \k_w_ˈɪ_l]\
Definitions of QUILL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The large strong feather of a bird's wing or tail; a pen made from such a feather; one of the long sharp spines of the porcupine.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A reed-pen: the feather of a goose or other bird used as a pen: a pen: anything like a quill: the spine, as of a porcupine: the reed on which weavers wind their thread: the instrument for striking the strings of certain instruments: the tube of a musical instrument.
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To plait with small ridges like quills, to wind on a quill.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A large, strong feather of a bird; a hollow, sharp spine of a porcupine.
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A pen.
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A rounded ridge, or fold, as in a ruffle.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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