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1. (n.) quill
one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
2. quill
the hard, hollow, basal part of a feather.
3. quill
a feather, as of a goose, formed into a pen for writing.
4. quill
one of the hollow spines on a porcupine or hedgehog.
5. quill
a plectrum of a harpsichord.
6. quill
a roll of bark, as of cinnamon, formed in drying.
7. quill
a reed, spindle, or tube upon which filling yarn is wound for weaving.
8. quill
Mach.
9. quill
a hollow shaft or sleeve through which another independently rotating shaft may pass.
10. (v.t.) quill
to arrange (fabric) in flutes or cylindrical ridges.
11. quill
to wind on a quill, as yarn.
12. quill
to penetrate with, or as if with, a quill or quills.
13. quill
to extract a quill or quills from.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME quil; cf. LG quiele, G Kiel)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) quill, quill pen
pen made from a bird's feather
2. (noun) quill
a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
3. (noun) flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
4. (noun) quill, calamus, shaft
the hollow spine of a feather
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) quill
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
2. (noun) quill
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
3. (noun) quill
a spine of the hedgehog or porcupine
4. (noun) quill
the pen of a squid. See Pen
5. (noun) quill
the plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments
6. (noun) quill
the tube of a musical instrument
7. (noun) quill
something having the form of a quill
8. (noun) quill
the fold or plain of a ruff
9. (noun) quill
a spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle
10. (noun) quill
a hollow spindle
11. (verb) quill
to plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle
12. (verb) quill
to wind on a quill, as thread or yarn
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Sense: a large feather, especially the feather of a goose, made into a pen.
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 Afrikaans: penveer |
 Arabic: ريشَة طائِر |
 Bulgarian: перо |
 Brazilian: pena |
 Czech: brk |
 German: die Feder |
 Danish: fjerpen |
 Greek: φτερό (συν. χήνας), πένα |
 Spanish: pluma |
 Estonian: (hane)sulg |
 Farsi: شاه پر |
 Finnish: sulkakynä |
 French: plume (d'oie) |
 Hebrew: נוֹצָה |
 Hindi: पंख |
 Croatian: badrljica |
 Hungarian: toll(szár) (madáré) |
 Indonesian: bulu angsa |
 Icelandic: fjöðurstafur |
 Italian: penna (d'oca), calamo |
 Japanese: 羽ペン |
 Korean: (새의) 깃 |
 Lithuanian: plunksna |
 Latvian: zoss spalva rakstīšanai |
 Malay: bulu pelepah |
 Dutch: ganzeveer |
 Norwegian: fjærpenn |
 Polish: pióro (gęsie) |
 Persian: شاه پر |
 Pashto: بڼه (لويه بڼكه)،شهپر،دپرو |
 Portuguese: pena |
 Romanian: pană |
 Russian: гусиное перо |
 Slovak: brko |
 Slovenian: gosje pero |
 Serbian: pero |
 Swedish: gåspenna |
 Thai: ก้านขนนกหรือขนห่านที่ใช้ท |
 Turkish: iri ve sert tüy |
 Taiwanese: 鵝毛筆 |
 Ukrainian: перо |
 Urdu: پرندے کے پر کی بنی قلم |
 Vietnamese: lông cánh; lông đuôi |
 Chinese: 鹅毛笔，大翎毛 |
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