Quill

Definition:

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

Compare quill with other words:

quell vs. quill

quill vs. quilt

quill vs. squill

quill vs. quoll

longipennate vs. quill

quill vs. quilled

gittern vs. quill

barbellate vs. quill

quill vs. stick

covert vs. quill

plume vs. quill

quill vs. thatch

calamus vs. quill

quill vs. quilling

quill vs. rounded

fabric vs. quill

quill vs. write

pierce vs. quill

quill vs. shuttle

quill vs. woof

quill vs. thread

quill vs. spindle

quill vs. ruff

plain vs. quill

fold vs. quill

plectrum vs. quill

quill vs. squid

quill vs. tube

cinchona vs. quill

cinnamon vs. quill

bark vs. quill

defense vs. quill

hedgehog vs. quill

needle vs. quill

detach vs. quill

barbed vs. quill

pointed vs. quill

pen vs. quill

barb vs. quill

feather vs. quill

quill vs. shaft

lower vs. quill

quill vs. spool

quill vs. tertiary

porcupine vs. quill

cop vs. quill