[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 

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

quill \quill\, v. t. imp.  p. p. quilled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   quilling.
   1. to plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings;
      as, to quill a ruffle.
      1913 webster

            his cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

   2. to wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --judd.
      1913 webster
see also:
quilled quilling 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quill
     n 1: pen made from a bird's feather syn: quill pen
     2: a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
     3: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird syn: flight
        feather, pinion, quill feather
     4: the hollow shaft of a feather syn: calamus, shaft
see also:
quill pen flight feather pinion quill feather calamus shaft 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 moby thesaurus words for "quill":
   barb, barbule, barrel, bramble, brier, bristle, burr, cactus,
   catchweed, cilium, cleavers, crest, feather, filament, filamentule,
   goose grass, hackle, needle, nettle, panache, pine needle, pinion,
   plume, plumule, prickle, scapular, shaft, spicule, spiculum, spike,
   spikelet, spine, sticker, thistle, thorn, topknot, tuft, yucca

[5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

quill, n.  an implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly
wielded by an ass.  this use of the quill is now obsolete, but its
modern equivalent, the steel pen, is wielded by the same everlasting
presence.

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