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quills, plural;
  1. Form (fabric) into small cylindrical folds

  2. Pierce or cover (fabric or bark) with quills

Noun
  1. Any of the main wing or tail feathers of a bird

  2. The hollow shaft of a feather, esp. the lower part or calamus that lacks barbs

  3. A pen made from a main wing or tail feather of a large bird by pointing and slitting the end of the shaft

  4. An object in the form of a thin tube, in particular

  5. The hollow sharp spines of a porcupine, hedgehog, or other spiny mammal

  6. Panpipes

  7. A weaver's spindle

  1. pen made from a bird's feather
  2. a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog
  3. flight feather: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
  4. the hollow spine of a feather
  5. A quill pen is a writing implement made from a flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen, metal-nibbed pens, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen. ...
  6. Quill is a high level object oriented programming language created by the Dutch software company Quintiq. It is used for building Quintiq applications. Its syntax is similar to Java.
  7. Quill was a popular Northeast USA band that played extensively throughout New England and New York in the late 1960s and that gained national attention by performing at the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. ...
  8. Quill has been the name of four different fictional comic book characters in the Marvel Comics universe. All, however, are human mutants.
  9. Quill (foaled 1956 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1958 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in the United States.
  10. Quill was an American reconnaissance satellite programme of the 1960s, which employed radar to produce images of the Earth's surface. Only one satellite, OPS 3762, was launched, before the programme was cancelled. ...
  11. (quilled) (of petals or ray floret limbs) Nearly terete, hollow, or involute; quill-like; (of cultivars) with quilled or petals or limbs.
  12. (quilled) Description of a flower having narrow, tubular ray florets.
  13. (Quills) To dream of quills, denotes to the literary inclined a season of success. To dream of them as ornaments, signifies a rushing trade, and some remuneration. ...
  14. To see quills in your dream, denotes success, social status, sophistication and prestige.
  15. a writing instrument made from the feather of a goose or swan. Used from the 7th until the 20th century AD.
  16. A new feather just being produced by the feather follicle. When birds are undergoing molt and are partially covered by pin feathers, they are said to be "in quill."
  17. Pointed instrument - a porcupine quill, a thin piece of bamboo, a knitting needle, whatever - used in throwing.
  18. A small BOBBIN or SPOOL, usually made of paper, around which FILLING YARN is wound.
  19. Whistle (term used especially in the South)
  20. The disc florets are completely concealed, and the ray florets are tube like.
  21. Similar to the Rattrap type of Bicycle pedal except that the two sides of the pedal Frame are joined by a piece of metal that loops around the Dust cap. ...
  22. The portion of the feather shaft that is near the skin or inserted into the skin.
  23. With tubular florets (mini-flowers), especially in cases where the flowers are typically ligulate (strap shaped), as in some members of the Asteraceae (Compositaceae).
  24. the manner in which an individual petal will fold back from each side, rolling the petal edges under in a scroll- like fashion.
  25. A pen made from the feather of a bird which is sometimes used in magical rituals, especially in rituals where magical ink is also used.