Look up: quill

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   Quill
   Quills are the large wing-feathers of birds. They were long used for making pens, the quills of swans being the best but the quills of geese most commonly used while Crow-quills were used to make fine writing instruments.
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   Quill
   Quill is slang for heroin.
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   quill
   A small BOBBIN or SPOOL, usually made of paper, around which FILLING YARN is wound.
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   quill
   [n] - pen made from a bird`s feather 2. [n] - the hollow shaft of a feather 3. [n] - a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
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   Quill
   Quill noun [ Perhaps from French quille ninepin (see Kayless ); but confer also German kiel a quill. Middle High German kil , and Ir. cuille a quill.] 1. 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. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the s ...
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   Quill
   Quill transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Quilled ; present participle & verbal noun Quilling .] 1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle. « His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff.» Goldsmith. 2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn ...
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   Quill
   Quill noun (Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.
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   quill
   1. 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. 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. <zoology> A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. The pen of a squid. Se ...
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   quill
   quill pen noun pen made from a bird`s feather
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    quill
    noun the hollow spine of a feather
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    Quill
    A `quill` pen is made from a flight feather (preferably a primary) of a large bird, most often a goose. Quills were used as instruments for writing with ink before the metal dip pen, the fountain pen, and eventually the ball point pen came into use. The hand-cut goose quill is still a superior calligraphy tool, providing a sharp stroke and flexibility unmatched in steel pens. The shaft of the feather acts as an ink reservoir and ink flows to the ...
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    QUILL
    `Quill` is high level object oriented programming language created by Dutch software company Quintiq. It is used for building Quintiq applications. It's syntax is similar to Java.
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    Quill
    • (n.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona. • (n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. • (n.) The fold or plain of a ruff. • (n.) The pen of a squid. See Pen. • (n.) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. • (v. t.) To plaint in small...
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    quill
    (from the article `hair`) ...among the members of a species. Specialized hairs called vibrissae, or whiskers, serve as sensory organs for certain nocturnal animals. The ... ...cells. In the peccary the cortical envelope sends radial projections inward, the spaces between being occupied by medullary substance; and this, ... [2 related...
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    quill
    hollow, horny barrel of a bird`s feather, used as the principal writing instrument from the 6th century until the mid-19th century, when steel pen ... [1 related articles]
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    quill
    
    1. pen made from a bird's feather
    2. a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
    3. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
    4. the hollow shaft of a feather
    
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    Quill
    A paper or cardboard tube on which weft threads are wound for use in a boat shuttle.
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    quill
    quill: see pen.
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