Clues for the word "QUILL"

We've had 26 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 26 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on June 28, 2026.

Definition of quill

n. - 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.
n. - A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill.
n. - A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
n. - The pen of a squid. See Pen.
n. - The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
n. - The tube of a musical instrument.
n. - Something having the form of a quill
n. - The fold or plain of a ruff.
n. - A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
n. - A hollow spindle.
v. t. - To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
v. t. - To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.