quill

n//kwɪl//

vingpenna, fjäderpenna, gåspenna, bläckpenna, pigg

  1. A pen made from a feather.

  2. Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.

  3. (by extension) 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. [from early 17th c.]

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