Associations to the word «Quill»

QUILL, noun. The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.

QUILL, noun. A pen made from a feather.

QUILL, noun. (figuratively) Any pen.

QUILL, noun. A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.

QUILL, noun. A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.

QUILL, noun. The pen of a squid.

QUILL, noun. (music) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.

QUILL, noun. (music) The tube of a musical instrument.

QUILL, noun. Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.

QUILL, verb. To pierce or be pierced with quills.

QUILL, verb. (figuratively) To write.

QUILL, verb. To form fabric into small, rounded folds.

QUILL, verb. To decorate with quillwork.

QUILL, verb. (US and Canada) (especially Appalachia and the Prairies) (transitive) To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor).

QUILL, proper noun. A surname​.

QUILL BIT, noun. A bit for boring, resembling half of a reed split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a gouge.

QUILL BITS, noun. Plural of quill bit

QUILL PIG, noun. (archaic) porcupine

QUILL PIGS, noun. Plural of quill pig

QUILL, noun. Pen made from a bird's feather.

QUILL, noun. A stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog.

QUILL, noun. Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird.

QUILL, noun. The hollow spine of a feather.