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Rarequills
The correct spelling is quills.
How to pronounce quills
noun
Say it like: Kwi-lls
The correct spelling is quills. 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.”
Definition
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.
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