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Spinet :: Spinet (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used..

Culverkey :: Culverkey (n.) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans)..

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..

Quill :: Quill (n.) The pen of a squid. See Pen.

Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..

Tranquilization :: Tranquilization (n.) Alt. of Tranquillizatio.

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

Stifle :: Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.

Ruche :: Ruche (n.) A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets..

Composure :: Composure (n.) A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.

Scillain :: Scillain (n.) A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla) as a light porous substance.

Quietude :: Quietude (n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.

Squill :: Squill (n.) A squilla.

Squillas :: Squill (n.) A mantis.

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..

Wurraluh :: Wurraluh (n.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).

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..

Tranquilize :: Tranquilize (v. t.) Alt. of Tranquilliz.

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..

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