Definition: 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.
Definition: 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.
Definition: A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
Definition: The pen of a squid. See Pen.
Definition: The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of
certain instruments.
Definition: The tube of a musical instrument.
Definition: Something having the form of a quill
Definition: The fold or plain of a ruff.
Definition: A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the
thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
Definition: A hollow spindle.
Definition: To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings;
as, to quill a ruffle.
Definition: To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.
