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quill
/kwɪl/
noun
The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
A pen made from a feather.
Similar: feather pen, quill pen
Any pen.
"He picked up his quill and wrote a poem."
verb
To pierce or be pierced with quills.
To write.
To form fabric into small, rounded folds.
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