quill
n.
long feather; pen made from a feather; hollow spine found on some animals (i.e. porcupines)
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Quill
quill
Noun
1. pen made from a bird's feather
(synonym) quill pen
(hypernym) pen
2. a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
(hypernym) spine
(part-holonym) porcupine, hedgehog
3. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
(synonym) flight feather, pinion, quill feather
(hypernym) feather, plume, plumage
(hyponym) primary, primary feather, primary quill
(part-holonym) wing
4. the hollow shaft of a feather
(synonym) calamus, shaft
(hypernym) rib
(part-holonym) feather, plume, plumage
Quill
(v. t.)
To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.
(v. t.)
To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
(n.)
The tube of a musical instrument.
(n.)
The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
(n.)
The pen of a squid. See Pen.
(n.)
The fold or plain of a ruff.
(n.)
Something having the form of a 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.
(n.)
A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
(n.)
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
(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.
(n.)
A hollow spindle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
quill
n.
1.
پر, بڑا پر, شاہ پر, سہپر,
2.
پر کي قلم,
3.
سيہ کا کانٹا يا خار,
4.
جولاہے کي نالي,
5.
مضراب,
6.
دانت کريدنے کا خلال,
a quill driver
صاحب قلم, منشي, بابو, قلم قصائي,
to carry a good quill
خوشخط لکھنا,
quill
v. a.
1. plait
چننا, موڑنا, اتوکرنا,
2. wind on a quill
سوت لپيٹنا, نلي بھرنا,