quill

quill

 (kwĭl)

n.

1. The hollow stemlike main shaft of a feather. Also called calamus.

2. Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird.

3. A writing pen made from the shaft of a feather.

4. Music

a. A plectrum for a stringed instrument of the clavichord type.

b. A pipe having a hollow stem.

5. A toothpick made from the stem of a feather.

6. One of the sharp hollow spines of a porcupine or hedgehog.

7. A spindle or bobbin around which yarn is wound in weaving.

8. A hollow shaft that rotates on a solid shaft when gears are engaged.

v. quilled, quill·ing, quills

v.tr.

1. To wind (thread or yarn) onto a quill.

2. To make or press small ridges in (fabric).

v.intr.

To practice the art or craft of quilling.

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[Middle English quil.]

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quill

(kwɪl)

n

1. (Zoology)

a. any of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tail of a bird

b. the long hollow central part of a bird's feather; calamus

2. a bird's feather made into a pen for writing

3. (Zoology) any of the stiff hollow spines of a porcupine or hedgehog

4. (Music, other) a device, formerly usually made from a crow quill, for plucking a harpsichord string

5. (Angling) angling a length of feather barb stripped of barbules and used for the body of some artificial flies

6. (Botany) a small roll of bark, esp one of dried cinnamon

7. (Textiles) (in weaving) a bobbin or spindle

8. (Clothing & Fashion) a fluted fold, as in a ruff

9. (Mechanical Engineering) a hollow shaft that rotates upon an inner spindle or concentrically about an internal shaft

vb (tr)

10. (Textiles) to wind (thread, yarn, etc) onto a spool or bobbin

11. (Clothing & Fashion) to make or press fluted folds in (a ruff)

[C15 (in the sense: hollow reed or pipe): of uncertain origin; compare Middle Low German quiele quill]

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quill

(kwɪl)

n.

1. one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.

2. the hard, hollow, basal part of a feather.

3. a feather, as of a goose, formed into a pen for writing.

4. one of the hollow spines on a porcupine or hedgehog.

5. a plectrum of a harpsichord.

6. a roll of bark, as of cinnamon, formed in drying.

7. a reed, spindle, or tube upon which filling yarn is wound for weaving.

8. Mach. a hollow shaft or sleeve through which another independently rotating shaft may pass.

v.t.

9. to arrange (fabric) in flutes or cylindrical ridges.

10. to wind on a quill, as yarn.

11. to penetrate with, or as if with, a quill or quills.

12. to extract a quill or quills from.

[1375–1425; late Middle English quil; compare Low German quiele, German Kiel]

quill′-like`, adj.

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quill

(kwĭl)

The hollow shaft of a feather, the bottom of which attaches to the bird's skin.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

quill

- The whistle of a steam engine.

See also related terms for whistle.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

Quill

 a roll of something resembling the shape of a quill; used in the phrase in a quill, i.e., in a body, in combination, or in concert.

Examples: quill of dried bark, 1797; of cinnamon leaves; of females, 1690; of ropes, 1588.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

quill

Past participle: quilled
Gerund: quilling

Imperative

quill

quill

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	quill - pen made from a bird's feather   quill pen pen - a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
	2.	quill - a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus, hedgehog - small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines spine - a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin hedgehog, porcupine - relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
	3.	quill - any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird flight feather, quill feather, pinion feather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) primary feather, primary quill, primary - one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing tail feather - feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird
	4.	quill - the hollow spine of a feather calamus, shaft feather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds rib - a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

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Translations

ريشَة طائِرشَوْكَةٌ من أشْواك القُنْفُذ الحادَّه

brkosten

fjerpenpig

FederStachelKiel

piquantplume

tollszártüske

broddurfjöîurstafur

penna

adatazoss spalva rakstīšanai

fjærpenn

brko

dikeniri ve sert tüy

大翎毛豪猪等动物的刺鹅毛笔

quill

[kwɪl]

A. N (= feather) → pluma f de ave; (= part of feather) → cañón m de pluma; [of porcupine, hedgehog] → púa f; (= pen) → pluma f (de ganso); (= bobbin) → canilla f

B. CPD quill pen N → pluma f (de ganso)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

quill

[ˈkwɪl] n → plume f (d'oie)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

quill

n

(= feather) → Feder f; (= feather stem) → Federkiel m

(also quill-pen) → Federkiel m, → Feder f

(of porcupine) → Stachel m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

quill

[kwɪl] n (feather) → penna; (pen) → penna d'oca; (of porcupine) → aculeo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

quill

(kwil) noun

1. a large feather, especially the feather of a goose, made into a pen. penveer ريشَة طائِر перо pena brk die Feder fjerpen φτερό, πέναpluma (hane)sulg شاه پر sulkakynä plumeנוצה पंख badrljica toll(szár) (madáré) bulu angsa fjöðurstafur penna, calamo 羽ペン (새의) 깃 plunksna zoss spalva rakstīšanai bulu pelepah ganzenveerfjærpennpióro بڼه (لويه بڼكه)،شهپر،دپروقلم،دشكاڼه غشي pena pană гусиное перо brko gosje pero pero gåspenna ก้านขนนกหรือขนห่านที่ใช้ทำปากกา iri ve sert tüy 鵝毛筆 перо پرندے کے پر کی بنی قلم lông cánh; lông đuôi 鹅毛笔，大翎毛

2. one of the sharp spines of certain animals (eg the porcupine). pen شَوْكَةٌ من أشْواك القُنْفُذ الحادَّه игла espinho osten der Stachel pig αγκάθι ζώου (π.χ. σκαντζόχοιρου) púa oga تیغ piikki piquant דוֹרבָּן कलम, कांटा साही का bodlja (dikobraz) tüske (süné) duri landak broddur spina 針 깃대 dyglys (dzeloņcūkas u.tml.) adata duri stekelpiggkolec غشي espinho ghimpe игла osteň bodica bodlja pigg, tagg ขนเม่น diken 某些動物(如豪豬)身上的尖刺 голка дикобраза کچھ جانوروں کی نکیلی ریڑھ کی ہڈی lông nhím （豪猪等动物的）刺

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