quill

quill  (kwl)

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.

tr.v. quilled, quill·ing, quills

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

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

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[Middle English quil.]

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quill [kwɪl]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) Angling a length of feather barb stripped of barbules and used for the body of some artificial flies

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a small roll of bark, esp one of dried cinnamon

7. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (in weaving) a bobbin or spindle

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

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

vb (tr)

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) to wind (thread, yarn, etc.) onto a spool or bobbin

2. (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  (kwl)

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

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

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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.

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quill - The whistle of a steam engine.

See also related terms for whistle.

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

Translations

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)

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quill [ˈkwɪl] n → plume f (d'oie)

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quill

n

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

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

(of porcupine) → Stachel m

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

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quill

n quill [kwil]

1 a large feather, especially the feather of a goose, made into a pen. penveer ريشَة طائِر перо brk fjerpen die Feder φτερό (συν. χήνας), πένα pluma (hane)sulg شاه پر sulkakynä plume (d'oie) נוֹצָה पंख badrljica toll(szár) (madáré) bulu angsa fjöðurstafur penna (d'oca), calamo 羽ペン (새의) 깃 plunksna zoss spalva rakstīšanai bulu pelepah ganzeveer fjærpenn pióro (gęsie) 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 羽毛笔, 大翎毛

2 one of the sharp spines of certain animals (eg the porcupine). pen شَوْكَةٌ من أشْواك القُنْفُذ الحادَّه игла osten pig der Stachel 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 stekel pigg kolec espinho ghimpe игла (дикобраза) 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 刚毛