English dictionary

quill

/kw/I/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

pen made from a bird's feather

noun.artifact

Synonyms quill pen

Source: WordNet 3.0
a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

noun.animal

Synonyms flight feather pinion quill feather

Source: WordNet 3.0
the hollow spine of a feather

noun.animal

Synonyms calamus shaft

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913
A roll of dried bark; as, a <i>quill</i> of cinnamon or of cinchona.

noun

Source: webster1913

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

verb

Source: webster1913