Definition of quill

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Quill (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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Skimback :: Skimback (n.) The quillback.
Tranquilize :: Tranquilize (v. t.) Alt. of Tranquilliz.
Order :: Order (n.) Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly..
Waxwing :: Waxwing (n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird..
Stifle :: Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
Porcupine :: Porcupine (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known..
Tranquillizer :: Tranquillizer (n.) One who, or that which, tranquilizes..
Saponin :: Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type..
Quilling :: Quilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quil.
Scillitin :: Scillitin (n.) A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances..
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..
Tranquillizing :: Tranquillizing () of Tranquilliz.
Quill :: Quill (n.) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
Agitation :: Agitation (n.) A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation..
Peace :: Peace (v.) A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repos.
Jonquil :: Jonquil (n.) Alt. of Jonquill.
Rectrix :: Rectrix (n.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
Squillas :: Squill (n.) A mantis.
Tranquilizer :: Tranquilizer (n.) Alt. of Tranquillize.
Squillae :: Squillas (pl. ) of Squill.
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