Dutch Meaning of quill

Pen

Other Dutch words related to Pen

Definitions and Meaning of quill in English

Wordnet

quill (n)

pen made from a bird's feather

a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog

any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

the hollow spine of a feather

Webster

quill (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.

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.

A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.

The pen of a squid. See Pen.

The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.

The tube of a musical instrument.

Something having the form of a quill

The fold or plain of a ruff.

A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.

A hollow spindle.

A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.

Webster

quill (v. t.)

To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.

To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.

FAQs About the word quill

Pen

pen made from a bird's feather, a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog, any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird, the hollow spine

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No antonyms found.

quiff => Kuif, quietus => stilte, quietude => stilte, quietsome => rustig, quietness => stilte,