Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - quill
Quill
quill
n. & v. --n. 1 (in full quill-feather) a large feather in a wing or tail. 2 the hollow stem of this. 3 (in full quill pen) a pen made of a quill. 4 (usu. in pl.) the spines of a porcupine. 5 a musical pipe made of a hollow stem. --v.tr. form into cylindrical quill-like folds; goffer. Phrases and idioms quill-coverts the feathers covering the base of quill-feathers. Derivatives quilling n. Etymology: ME prob. f. (M)LG quiele
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English quil hollow reed, bobbin; akin to Middle High German kil large feather Date: 15th century 1. a. a bobbin, spool, or spindle on which filling yarn is wound, a hollow shaft often surrounding another shaft and used in various mechanical devices, a roll of dried bark , 2. a. the hollow horny shaft of a feather, feather, one of the hollow sharp spines of a porcupine or hedgehog, pen III,3, something made from or resembling the ~ of a feather, a float for a fishing line, II. transitive verb Date: 1783 to pierce with ~s, 2. to wind (thread or yarn) on a ~, to make a series of small rounded ridges in (cloth) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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