Quill

(noun.) a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog.

(noun.) the hollow spine of a feather.

(noun.) pen made from a bird's feather.

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• To cleanse use well-made brushes, soft quill, or wood toothpicks, an antacid styptic tooth wash, and precipitated chalk. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• I've swallered several; and one had a tolerable quill, said Sam placidly from the corner. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• There was another old woman watching by the bed; the parish apothecary's apprentice was standing by the fire, making a toothpick out of a quill. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The Count walked to a writing-table near the window, opened his desk, and took from it several quires of paper and a bundle of quill pens. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But I was then deeply absorbed in my letters, and I write with a heavy hand and a quill pen, scraping and scratching noisily over the paper. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The method of supporting the wires on tall posts was then adopted by Mr. Cooke, the wires being insulated from the posts at the points of suspension, by passing them through quills. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I had some quills to make into pens. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• These messages were placed on delicate films, rolled up, and packed in quills. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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