Definition of quill

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Quill (n.) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.

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Float :: Float (v. i.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish..
Scillain :: Scillain (n.) A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla) as a light porous substance.
Scillitin :: Scillitin (n.) A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances..
Squillitic :: Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
Quill :: Quill (n.) The fold or plain of a ruff.
Quill :: 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..
Pen :: Pen (n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving..
Sao :: Sao (n.) Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinaecia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture..
Composure :: Composure (n.) A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.
Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak..
Quill :: Quill (n.) Something having the form of a quil.
Sea Mantis :: Sea mantis () A squilla.
Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A feather; a quill.
Quill :: Quill (n.) The tube of a musical instrument.
Intranquillity :: Intranquillity (n.) Unquietness; restlessness.
Speculum :: Speculum (n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female..
Repose :: Repose (v.) Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment..
Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind..
Quill :: Quill (n.) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
Squill :: Squill (n.) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion..
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