Word Meanings - CROW-QUILL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.

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• QUILL
  1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather. 2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the
• QUILLING
  A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills. One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.
• QUILLAIA BARK
  The bark of a rosaceous tree , native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
• QUILLET
  Subtilty; nicety; quibble. "Nice, sharp quillets of the law." Shak.
• QUILLBACK
  An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, or Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.
• QUILLED
  Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. "A sharp- quilled porcupine." Shak. Quilled suture , a variety of stitch in which the threads after being passed deeply through the edges of a wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar
• QUILLWORT
  Any plant or species of the genus Isoetes, cryptogamous plants with a cluster of elongated four-tubed rushlike leaves, rising from a corm, and containing spores in their enlarged and excavated bases. There are about seventeen American
• COQUILLE
  A shell or shell-like dish or mold in which viands are served. The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc. A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
• SQUILLITIC
  Of or pertaining to squills. "Squillitic vinegar." Holland.
• JONQUIL; JONQUILLE
  A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus , allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona.
• TRANQUILIZE; TRANQUILLIZE
  To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind. Syn. -- To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify. (more
• TRANQUILLY
  In a tranquil manner; calmly.
• COQUILLA NUT
  The fruit of a Brazilian tree . Note: Its shell is hazel-brown in color, very hard and close in texture, and much used by turners in forming ornamental articles, such as knobs for umbrella handles.
• TRANQUILLITY
  The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.
• INTRANQUILLITY
  Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple.
• TRANQUILIZER; TRANQUILLIZER
  One who, or that which, tranquilizes.
• TRANQUILIZATION; TRANQUILLIZATION
  The act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tranquilized.
• BLANQUILLO
  A large fish of Florida and the W. Indies (Caulolatilus chrysops). It is red, marked with yellow.
• SQUILL
  squilla, scilla, Gr. A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion. Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell
• SQUILLA
  Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
• CROW-QUILL
  A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.