Thesaurus: quill

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
4. n. The pen of a squid. See Pen.
5. n. The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
6. n. The tube of a musical instrument.
7. n. Something having the form of a quill
8. n. The fold or plain of a ruff.
9. n. A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
10. n. A hollow spindle.
11. v. t. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
12. v. t. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.