"Quill" is a word in ENGLISH
A hollow spindle.
To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the
thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
The fold or plain of a ruff.
The pen of a squid. See Pen.
Something having the form of a 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.
The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of
certain instruments.
To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings;
as, to quill a ruffle.
The tube of a musical instrument.
A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
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.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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Read the complete definitionThe horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
Read the complete definitionA tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
Read the complete definitionOne of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See …
Read the complete definitionA quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.
Read the complete definitionOne of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
Read the complete definitionThe cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish.
Read the complete definitionA harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the …
Read the complete definitionAn order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.
Read the complete definitionIn the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper.
Read the complete definitionA small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and …
Read the complete definitionkuyús - Pen, quill, plume, a long strong feather in the wing of a bird.
Read the complete definitionHaving long wings, or quills.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or …
Read the complete definitionAny bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, …
Read the complete definitionA small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens.
Read the complete definitionBearing feathers or quills.
Read the complete definitionA peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at …
Read the complete definitionA feather; a quill.
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