Quill
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A short dictionary entry on the word "quill" from Zell's Encyclopedia (1876). It gives etymology and several senses: a large feather used as a pen, a porcupine spine, a reed on which weavers wind weft thread, a musical plectrum, and a plait in a ruffle. It also covers the verb forms, meaning to plait or to wind yarn on a quill.
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- Article
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- 1876
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- English
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