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The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.

A pen made from a feather.

Any pen.

Example: He picked up his quill and wrote a poem.

A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.

To pierce or be pierced with quills.

To write.

To form fabric into small, rounded folds.

To decorate with quillwork.