[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quill \quill\, n. perhaps fr. f. quille ninepin see
   kayless; but cf. also g. kiel a quill. mhg. 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.
      1913 webster

   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. --sir h. wotton.
      1913 webster

   3. zool.
      a a spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
      b the pen of a squid. see pen.
          1913 webster

   4. mus.
      a the plectrum with which musicians strike the strings
          of certain instruments.
      b the tube of a musical instrument.
          1913 webster

                he touched the tender stops of various quills.
                                                  --milton.
          1913 webster

   5. something having the form of a quill; as:
      a the fold or plain of a ruff.
      b weaving a spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood,
          upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a
          shuttle.
      c mach. a hollow spindle.
          1913 webster

   6. pharm. a roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or
      of cinchona.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   quill bit, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed
      split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a
      gouge.

   quill driver, one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk.
      jocose

   quill nib, a small quill pen made to be used with a holder.
      --simmonds.
      1913 webster
see also:
kayless pen quill bit quill driver quill nib 

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