quill
Definitions of quill
n. - A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.
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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.
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n. - 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.
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n. - A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
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n. - The pen of a squid. See Pen.
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n. - The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
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n. - The tube of a musical instrument.
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n. - Something having the form of a quill
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n. - The fold or plain of a ruff.
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n. - A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
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n. - A hollow spindle.
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v. t. - To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
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v. t. - To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.
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The word "quill" uses 5 letters: I L L Q U.
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Words formed by adding one letter before or after quill (in bold), or to illqu in any order:
s - quills squill
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ill li
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