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Rarequill
The correct spelling is quill.
How to pronounce quill
/kwɪl/
nounIPA: /kwɪl/
Say it like: Kwi-ll
The correct spelling is quill. The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs. For example: "He picked up his quill and wrote a poem."
Usage Examples
“He picked up his quill and wrote a poem.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
- 2.A pen made from a feather.
- 3.Any pen.
- 4.A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.
- 5.A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.
verb
- 1.To pierce or be pierced with quills.
- 2.To write.
- 3.To form fabric into small, rounded folds.
- 4.To decorate with quillwork.
- 5.To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor).
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