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 Quill n.
 1. 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.
 2. 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.
 3. Zool. (a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. (b) The pen of a squid. See Pen.
 4. Mus. (a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. (b) The tube of a musical instrument.
    He touched the tender stops of various quills.   --Milton.
 5. Something having the form of a quill; as: (a) The fold or plain of a ruff. (b) Weaving A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. (c) Mach. A hollow spindle.
 6. Pharm. A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.
 Quill bit, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a gouge.
 Quill driver, one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk. [Jocose]
 Quill nib, a small quill pen made to be used with a holder.