definition of quills
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quill A quill being used as a pen. noun. The definition of a quill is a stiff feather in a bird's wing or tail, the hollow stem of a feather or the spines from a porcupine. An example of a quill is what people used for writing with ink before metal pen tips were invented.
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- Post 1. I believe that the pen knife was used to sharpen quills as you have explained, but the writing implement was called a quill, not a pen. The name penknife came to be because the best quills for writing came from a young male swan and young male swans are called pens.. Hence the name penknife..
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Quillwork Plains quillwork is characterized by bands of rectangles creating geometrical patterns found also in Plains painting. Rosettes of concentric circles of quillwork commonly adorned historical Plains men's shirts, as did parallel panels of quillwork on the sleeves.
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quirky The definition of quirky is a strange or unique action or personality. An example of quirky is someone riding a unicycle in Manhattan while wearing a pink tutu. quirky. Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute. She has a quirky laugh.
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- Full Definition of GRACKLE. 1. : any of a genus (Quiscalus of the family Icteridae) of large American blackbirds having iridescent black plumage. 2.: any of various Asian starlings (as the hill mynahs).See grackle defined for English-language learners. See grackle defined for kids.ull Definition of GRACKLE. 1. : any of a genus (Quiscalus of the family Icteridae) of large American blackbirds having iridescent black plumage. 2.
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- tilt-at-windmills definition: Verb 1. (intransitive) To attack imaginary enemies. 2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity. Origin From a passage in the novel Don Quixote where the eponymous characte...
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quill 2a (1) : the hollow horny shaft of a feather — see feather illustration (2) : feather; especially : one of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tailb : one of the hollow sharp spines of a porcupine or hedgehogc : 3pen 3. 3 : something made from or resembling the quill of a feather; especially : a pen for writing. 4 : a float for a fishing line.
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quirk 1 a shift, subterfuge, or evasion; quibble. 2  a sudden twist or turn:He lost his money by a quirk of fate. 3  a flourish or showy stroke, as in writing. 4  an acute angle or channel, as one dividing two parts of a molding or one dividing a flush bead from the adjoining surfaces.
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- quell. tr.v. quelled, quell·ing, quells. 1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot.
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary (1.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: quirky (Adjective). Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward manner, potentially cute. She has a quirky laugh.
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- My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context. The wolf paused, turned its heavy forehead toward the dogs awkwardly, like a man suffering from the quinsy, and, still slightly swaying from side to side, gave a couple of leaps and with a swish of its tail disappeared into the skirt of the wood.
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- noun. 1  Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl. 2  hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog. 3  A feather, usually from the neck of a chicken, used in trimming a fishing fly.
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- Definition of FIRKIN. 1. : a small wooden vessel or cask. 2. : any of various British units of capacity usually equal to 1⁄4 barrel.See firkin defined for kids.efinition of FIRKIN. 1. : a small wooden vessel or cask. 2. : any of various British units of capacity usually equal to 1⁄4 barrel.
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quibble quiddity - an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections. cavil, quibble. equivocation, evasion - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth.
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quill shaft Quill | Define Quill at Dictionary.com. a hollow shaft that rotates upon an inner spindle or concentrically about an internal shaft … quill. hollow, horny barrel of a bird's feather, …. In an aircraft that had a flameout, the quill shaft in the engine fractured. It was found that the shaft failed by torsional overload.
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- Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: quire(Noun) One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
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Sills a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc. 2. the horizontal piece or member beneath a window, door, or other opening. 3. Geology. a tabular body of intrusive igneous rock, ordinarily between beds of sedimentary rocks or layers of volcanic ejecta. Origin of sill. Middle English.
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Definitions &Translations Ruffle. In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming. The term flounce is a particular type of fabric manipulation that creates a similar look but with less bulk. The term derives from earlier terms of frounce or fronce. A wavy effect effected without gathers or pleats is created by cutting a curved strip of fabric and applying the inner or shorter edge to the garment.
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- cotton-boll definition: Noun (plural cotton bolls) 1. The round, fluffy clumps in which form cotton grows on a cotton plant....
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QUILL • QUILL (noun). The noun QUILL has 4 senses: 1. pen made from a bird's feather. 2. a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog. 3. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird. 4. the hollow spine of a feather. Familiarity information: QUILL used as a noun is uncommon.
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quill 2. a (1) : the hollow horny shaft of a feather — see feather illustration (2) : feather; especially: one of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tail b: one of the hollow sharp spines of a porcupine or hedgehog c: 3pen 3. 3.: something made from or resembling the quill of a feather; especially: a pen for writing.4.. a (1) : the hollow horny shaft of a feather — see feather illustration (2) : feather; especially: one of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tail b: one of the hollow sharp spines of a porcupine or hedgehog c: 3pen 3. 3.
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Quilling There are times when a hedgehog will shed large numbers of quills and replace shed ones with new ones. This process is called quilling. The quilling process is different than the replacement of spines that are lost individually.
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- different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers Synonyms bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), offbeat, off-kilter, off-the-wall, outlandish, out-of-the-way, ...
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quoll Noun[edit] quoll ‎(plural quolls) 1  Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.  1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, extended description following entry for 26 August 1770 [1]