quill in the PONS Dictionary

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I saw in the distance the approach of the fell sergeant, his quill stuck into his wig....
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The best quills were usually made from goose, swan, and later turkey feathers.
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The quills he launches can alter someone's personality.
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The harp represents the music, the quill pen dipped in the ink well represents the verse, the poetry.
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This led to their being replaced by quills.
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Then inks had to be made from oak galls and other ingredients, and the books had to be hand written by monks using quill pens.
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Three ostrich quills extend from the crowned helmet.
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Since the school fees they levied were hardly enough to make a living, they often had to do additional work, e.g. the cutting of quills.
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The hedgehogs are birthed with a protective membrane covering their quills, which dries and shrinks over the next several hours.
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He's got the big giant quills coming off it like a porcupine.
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