quill
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8.7
- noun
- /kwɪl/
- Archaic
:
pluma
- Shakespeare had to know how to sharpen a quill and dip it in ink.
- a quill pen
So it's just my quill and parchment, you know what I mean?
- So it's just my quill and parchment, you know what I mean?
- Because that's the old fashioned word for pen from quill.
- So he's quite a traditional man, you know, went straight for the for the he's an Australian gentleman for the quill with his ink.
Examples
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She picked up a quill from the desk and started inscribing her thoughts in the old journal.
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Narrator 2: Candlelight glows in the window as Abigail dips her quill into a jug of ink and writes in her diary.
Fiction book (2001) -
A drop of ink falls from the quill onto the page and the words.
Fiction book (1992) -
I tried on my own to draw the letters of the alphabet with a quill pen.
Fiction book (1997) -
Can you smuggle me a quill and some ink?
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I may need a quill and parchment and a better imagination.
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Fifteen minutes had passed since he last dipped his quill into the inkwell!
Fiction book (1992) -
An actor playing Mertin sits at a desk and writes with a quill.
Fiction book (1999) -
Balis sat goggled in the dim room and scratched with his quill at the papers.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the quiet library, the scribe dipped his quill in ink and carefully began to write on the parchment.
Synonyms
8
3.1
A pen with a built-in ink holder that lets ink flow to the tip
2
8.1
A writing tool made from a bird's feather that you dip in ink to write
A long stiff part of a bird's wing once used for writing
A hollow reed or quill used like a pen in ancient times
A high-quality pen made by the Parker company, often a fountain or ballpoint
Compounds
- Archaic
An old-fashioned name for a person who writes for a living, often doing simple forms
How Old-fashioned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quill was the name for a bird 'feather' whose hollow shaft could be cut and used as a pen, so people wrote with it. That is why quill also means a pen made from a feather used for writing.