quill
/kwɪl/
verb
- To form or gather into narrow, hollow folds or ridges, like a quill.
- The craft class taught students how to quill strips of paper into shapes.
- The seamstress quilled the fabric to create a decorative border.
- She learned to quill paper for her art project.
noun
- A large feather from a bird, especially one used for writing with ink in the past.
- The author dipped the quill into the inkwell and began to write.
- She bought a decorative quill at the Renaissance fair.
- Museums often display quills used by famous historical figures.
- A pen made from a bird's feather, used for writing before modern pens.
- He practiced calligraphy with a quill and ink.
- The old letter was written with a quill, giving it a unique look.
- The Declaration of Independence was signed with a quill.
- One of the sharp spines on a porcupine or hedgehog.
- A hedgehog's quills are not barbed like a porcupine's.
- She carefully avoided touching the porcupine's quills.
- The porcupine raised its quills to defend itself.