Definitions for quillkwɪl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quillkwɪl(n.)
one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
Category: Ornithology
the hard, hollow, basal part of a feather.
Category: Ornithology
a feather, as of a goose, formed into a pen for writing.
Category: Ornithology
one of the hollow spines on a porcupine or hedgehog.
Category: Zoology
a plectrum of a harpsichord.
Category: Music and Dance
a roll of bark, as of cinnamon, formed in drying.
a reed, spindle, or tube upon which filling yarn is wound for weaving.
Category: Textiles
Mach. a hollow shaft or sleeve through which another independently rotating shaft may pass.
Category: Machinery
(v.t.)to arrange (fabric) in flutes or cylindrical ridges.
Category: Textiles
to wind on a quill, as yarn.
Category: Textiles
to penetrate with, or as if with, a quill or quills.
to extract a quill or quills from.
Origin of quill:
1375–1425; late ME quil; cf. LG quiele, G Kiel
quill′-like`(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
quill, quill pen(noun)
pen made from a bird's feather
quill(noun)
a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather(noun)
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
quill, calamus, shaft(noun)
the hollow spine of a feather
Wiktionary
quill(Noun)
The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
quill(Noun)
A pen made from a feather.
quill(Noun)
Any pen.
quill(Noun)
A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.
quill(Noun)
A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.
quill(Verb)
To pierce or be pierced with quills.
quill(Verb)
To write.
quill(Verb)
To form fabric into small, rounded folds.
quill(Verb)
To decorate with quillwork.
Webster Dictionary
Quill(noun)
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
Quill(noun)
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
Quill(noun)
a spine of the hedgehog or porcupine
Quill(noun)
the pen of a squid. See Pen
Quill(noun)
the plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments
Quill(noun)
the tube of a musical instrument
Quill(noun)
something having the form of a quill
Quill(noun)
the fold or plain of a ruff
Quill(noun)
a spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle
Quill(noun)
a hollow spindle
Quill(verb)
to plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle
Quill(verb)
to wind on a quill, as thread or yarn
Translations for quill
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
quill(noun)
a large feather, especially the feather of a goose, made into a pen.
- penveerAfrikaans
- ريشَة طائِرArabic
- пероBulgarian
- penaPortuguese (BR)
- brkCzech
- die FederGerman
- fjerpenDanish
- φτερό (συν. χήνας), πέναGreek
- plumaSpanish
- (hane)sulgEstonian
- شاه پرFarsi
- sulkakynäFinnish
- plume (d'oie)French
- נוֹצָהHebrew
- पंखHindi
- badrljicaCroatian
- toll(szár) (madáré)Hungarian
- bulu angsaIndonesian
- fjöðurstafurIcelandic
- penna (d'oca), calamoItalian
- 羽ペンJapanese
- (새의) 깃Korean
- plunksnaLithuanian
- zoss spalva rakstīšanaiLatvian
- bulu pelepahMalay
- ganzeveerDutch
- fjærpennNorwegian
- pióro (gęsie)Polish
- شاه پرPersian
- بڼه (لويه بڼكه)،شهپر،دپروقلم،دشكاڼه غشيPashto
- penaPortuguese
- panăRomanian
- гусиное пероRussian
- brkoSlovak
- gosje peroSlovenian
- peroSerbian
- gåspennaSwedish
- ก้านขนนกหรือขนห่านที่ใช้ทำปากกาThai
- iri ve sert tüyTurkish
- 鵝毛筆Chinese (Trad.)
- пероUkrainian
- پرندے کے پر کی بنی قلمUrdu
- lông cánh; lông đuôiVietnamese
- 鹅毛笔，大翎毛Chinese (Simp.)
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