QUIETEN. 1640 J. STOUGHTON De/. Distrib.
QITILL. perforce thy Doric quill. 1878 BROWNING Poets Croisic xlviii, Joining the Delphic quill and Getic trump. d. A piece of cinnamon or cinchona bark curled up in the form of a tube. Also, the extent to which such bark curls up in drying. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) VT 12/2 The bark which is rolled up into short thick quills .. was esteemed the best. 1811 A. T. THOMSON Loud. Disp. (1818) 116 The secondary . . [characteristics] are exterior coat, fracture, weight, thickness, and quill. 1851 MORFIT Tanning fr Currying (1853) 86 It is known to commerce as cassia, and comes in single quills. 1880 C. R. MARKHAM Perttv. Bark 71 The bark which comes from Loxa is in the minutest quills. t 2. A small pipe or tube ; esp. a small water- pipe. 06s. . Phys, Meek. vi. 57 We took a slender Quill of Glass which happen'd to be at hand. tr. 1712 J. JAMES Le Blondes Gardening \w1\K Bore of the Quill ought to be four Times less than the Bore., of the Conduit-Pipe. *f-b. A tap or faucet. 06s. 1611 SPEED Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xv. (1623) 8n With what quill these wines were vented from the setled Lees. 1611 COTGR., Git tile, the quill, or faucet of a wine vessel. 1737 BOYER Diet. Royal II, The Quill (or Tap) of a Barrel. c. The hollow steel mandrel of a seal-engraver's lathe, into which the engraving tools are fitted. 1873 KNIGHT Diet. Mech. 2081/2 The quill is of steel, about 2 inches long and i inch in diameter. 3. The tube or barrel of a feather, the part by which it is attached to the skin. Sometimes extended to include the shaft, or used loosely in the sense of ( feather ' (esp. one of the strong wing- or tail-feathers) and/o&A for 'wing', 1555 EDEN Decades 163 Suche thmges as they make of fethers and quilles impaled with golde. 1575 TURBEBV. Faitlconrie 331 The seconde kinde of Teynte which fretteth the principals of a Hawke to the verie Quill. IS93 Q- ELIZABETH Boetk. iv. met. i. 76 Spedy quilles haue I That fur aboue the Pole do reache. a 1682 SIR T. BROWNE Tracts 83 A hard reed about the compass of a Goose or Swans quill. 1713 C'TESS WINCHELSEA Misc. Poems 216 No Quill, thence pull'd, was shap'd into a pen. 1774 GOLDSM. Nat. Hist. (1776) V. 102 One of the quills was two feet four inches long; and the barrel, or hollow part, was six inches and three quarters. 1834 M cMuRTRiE Cieviers Anim. Kingd. 114 The bony tail, .has a range oflarge quills, which, .assist in supporting the bird. b. The feather of a large bird (usually a goose) formed into a pen by pointing and slitting the lower end of the barrel. Brother^ Knigkt ofthe quill \ see BROTHER, KNIGHT. To draw the quill: see DRAW. 155* [see GOOSE-QUILL], 1581 DERRICKS Image Irel. (1883) 19 Lorde guide my quiuryng quill. 1591 FLORIO znd Fruites 97 A serpents tooth bites not so ill, As dooth a schollers angrie quill 1663 BOYLE Ustf. Exp. Nat, Philos, i. iv. 87 The quill that a philosopher writes with, beinj* dipt in ink [etc.]- '704 SWIFT T. Tub i. (1709) 32 A quill worn to the pith in the service of the State. 1771 SMOLLETT Humph. Cl. 10 June, Let. i, His house is open to all unfortunate brothers of the quill. 1871 B. TAYLOR Faust (1875) II. it. i. 84 The quill. .Wherewith his compact with the devil he signed. c. A plectrum formed of the quill of a feather, used for plucking the strings of a musical instrument ; in instruments of the harpsichord type, a piece of crow-quill, fixed on a jack and set in motion by the keys. 1551 HULOET, Quyll, with whiche a musician vseth to play to saue his fingers, or any lyke thinge, plectrum. 1647 WARD Simp. Cobler 84 The world's a well strung fidle, mans tongue the quill. 1697 DRYDEN SEneidw. 879 His flying fingers, and harmonious quill, Strike sev'n distinguish'd notes. 1776 BURNEY Hist, Mns. (1789) I. ix. 150 To produce a clear tone . . by the common means of quills or hammers. d. The float of a fishing-line, made of a quill. a 1639 SIR H. WOOTTON On a Bank 8 (Percy Soc.) VI. 17 There stood my friend, with patient skill Attending of his trembling quill. 1650 E. POWEL in Walton Angler (1875) 13 This Fisherman , . sits by a brook, watching a quill, a 1678 MARVELL Upon Appteton House 640 But now away my Hooks, my Quills, And Angles, idle Utensils. e. A toothpick made of a quill. 1784 COWPER Task ii. 628 He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. f. Alining. A blasting-fuse, consisting of a quill filled with powder (Cent. Diet. 1891). 4. One of the hollow sharp spines forming part of the covering of a porcupine. 1602 SHAKS. Ham. \. v. 20 Make . . each particular haire to stand an end, Like Quilles vpon the fretfull Porpentine. 1675 GREW Disc. Tastes Plants vi. 9 As the Quills in the Skin of a Porcupine. 1774 GOLDSM. Nat. Hist. IV. (17^76) 108 All these quills .. incline backwards, like the bristles of an hog. 1855 LONGF. Hiaw. iv. 41 Leggings, Richly wrought with quills and wampum. f 5. One of the I cylindrical plaits or folds of a ruff (Nares) ? ; a quilled ruff. Obs. a 1818 The Gardener xi. in Child Ballads IV. 213 The lily white to be your smock . . And the jelly-flower to be your quilt. 6. A quill-gnat (see 8 b). 1899 IVestm. Gaz. 2 June 3/2 They prefer to kill their .. fish with smaller patterns a red quill, or a Wickham's Fancy. 7. (In full quill-stroke?) the game of billiards. A particular stroke in 61 1896 R. D. WALKER in W. Broadfoot Billiards 370 The so-called quill or feather stroke, which was tabooed years and years ago. 1901 Q. Rev. Apr. 483 What was known as the feather stroke or the 'quill' Mardon considered extremely serviceable. 8. attrib. and Comb. a. General combs., as (sense i b) quill-boy, -winder ; (sense 3 or 3 b) quill-barrel^ -dealer^ -dresser, -employment* -encty -gun, -man, -merchant, -nib, -pen, -shaped adj., -timber, -vendor ; (sense 4) quill-darting, -like adjs. 1770 KUCKHAN in Phil. Trans. LX. 314 An incision just big enough to introduce the end of a *qu ill-barrel. 1812 SOUTH EY in Q. Rev. VIII. 351 What quantity of quill- barrel ought to be allowed for a clerk's daily consumption. 17*7 BOYER Diet. Royal II, *Quill-Boy, Epeulier. 1670 S. CLARKE 4 Plant. Amer. 32 *Quil-darting Porcupines and Rackcopnes. a 1735 ARBUTHNOT & POPE Mem. M. Scrib- employment was to the King's secretaries. 1797 Encycl, Brit. (ed. 3) XVII. 692/2 The small *quill ends which touch the strings. 1859 URE Diet. Arts 454 Into this the quill end of the feather must be plunged. 1617 LANE Contn. Syr.'s T. (1887) 37 What *quill-gon bownces dares shee not [709 STEELE Tatler No. 19 ? 2 Small *Ql and Transcribing Clerks. 1830 SCOTT Ayrsh. Trag. \. i, Quintin the quillman, Quintin the comptroller. 1813 Examiner 8 Feb. 86/1 J. Jones, .. *quill merchant. 1853 SIMMONDS Diet. Traiie 310 *Quill-nibs. 1875 KNIGHT Diet. Mech. 1848/2 Bramah probably first suggested quill-nibs. i86j MRS. CARLYLE Lett. III. 109 A couple of good "quillpens of your own making. xSsaMoRFlT Tanning $ Currying (1853) 86 Cinnamon of Ceylon .. is found in commerce in thin *quill-shaped pieces. 1650 FULLER PisgaJi in. v. 419 They conceive this third . . Temple never had other then paper-wals, inke-mortar, and *quil-timber. 1833 J. HOLLAND Manuf. Metal II. 324 The "quill-venders have found their occupation tpfalloff. i885C
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