quill /kwɪl/
noun [countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Probably from Middle Low German quiele]
1. (
also quill pen) a pen made from a large bird’s feather, used in the past
2. a stiff bird’s feather
3. one of the long pointed things that grow on the back of a
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