A pen made from a feather.
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.
The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.
The tube of a musical instrument.
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.
The pen of a squid.
Any pen.
To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor).
To pierce or be pierced with quills.
To decorate with quillwork.
To form fabric into small, rounded folds.
To write.
A sharp, needle-like piece.
A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials
A small spike of flowers.
A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.