Meaning Of 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 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 spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
n.

The pen of a squid. See Pen.
n.

The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
n.

The tube of a musical instrument.
n.

Something having the form of a quill
n.

The fold or plain of a ruff.
n.

A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
n.

A hollow spindle.
v. t.

To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
v. t.

To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.