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{
"derived": [
{
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"word": "Big Quill"
},
{
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"word": "piss in a quill"
},
{
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"word": "pure quill"
},
{
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"word": "quill bit"
},
{
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"word": "quill-driver"
},
{
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"word": "quill feather"
},
{
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"word": "quillless"
},
{
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"word": "quilllike"
},
{
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"word": "quill mite"
},
{
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"word": "quill pen"
},
{
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"word": "quill pig"
},
{
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"word": "quillwort"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "quil"
},
"expansion": "Middle English quil",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nds",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Low German",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gml",
"3": "quiele"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German quiele",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷelH-",
"t": "to pierce, stick"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to pierce, stick”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "kil",
"3": "",
"4": "large feather, quill"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German kil (“large feather, quill”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From late Middle English quil, which is first attested in the early 15th century with the meanings \"fragment of reed\" and \"shaft of a feather\", probably from Low German and Middle Low German quiele, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to pierce, stick”).\nCompare Middle High German kil (“large feather, quill”), which is derived from the Low German term.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "quills",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "quill (plural quills)",
"name": "en-noun"
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Writing instruments",
"orig": "en:Writing instruments",
"parents": [
"Stationery",
"Tools",
"Writing",
"Technology",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs."
],
"id": "en-quill-en-noun-v9QuRTSi",
"links": [
[
"lower",
"lower"
],
[
"shaft",
"shaft"
],
[
"feather",
"feather"
],
[
"barb",
"barb"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "calamus"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "therrë"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canó"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brk"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "tolga",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "толга"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "kalamo"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "kynä"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plume"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cálamo"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣeṗeṗi",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "ღეპეპი"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "prtis ɣero",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "ფრთის ღერო"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kiel"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjaðurstafur"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calamo"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "tuaka"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "tā"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "atʼákaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Poos"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stvól perá",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ство́л пера́"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "kalem"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "batrljica"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "калем"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "батрљица"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cálamo"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "ปากกาขนนก"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "mww",
"lang": "White Hmong",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "koob"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 15 0 3 4 2 3 5 3",
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "gǃqhàẽ"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A pen made from a feather."
],
"id": "en-quill-en-noun-T7WrYqcS",
"links": [
[
"pen",
"pen"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "feather pen"
},
{
"word": "quill pen"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "therrë"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "pero"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pjaró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пяро́"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "peró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо́"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "鵝毛筆"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "émáobǐ",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "鹅毛笔"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "羽毛筆"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔmáobǐ",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "羽毛笔"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pero"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fjerpen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "anserplumo"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fjøður"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjøðurpennur"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjaðurpennur"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "sulkakynä"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plume"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "pluma"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "péndola"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "baṭis prta",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "ბატის ფრთა"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schreibfeder"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Federkiel"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Feder"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pénna",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πέννα"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "קולמוס"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "penna"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjaðurpenni"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "pero"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calamo"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penna d'oca"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hane-pen",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "羽根ペン"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hane-pen",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "羽ペン"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "ödn",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "өдн"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "calamus"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pero",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjærpenn"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pióro"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gęsie pióro"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pena"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо́"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gusínoje peró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гуси́ное перо́"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "pero"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pero"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pero"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluma"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gåspenna"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fjäderpenna"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vingpenna"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpàak-gaa",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "ปากกา"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо́"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 28 10 12 10 6 5 18 3",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "penamaleplüm"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He picked up his quill and wrote a poem.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any pen."
],
"id": "en-quill-en-noun-bhvDDYiw",
"links": [
[
"pen",
"pen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Any pen."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 5 77 3 2 4 1 6 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 77 3 2 4 1 6 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "inkoskribilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 77 3 2 4 1 6 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "kynä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 77 3 2 4 1 6 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stift"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 77 3 2 4 1 6 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "plajbász"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 77 3 2 4 1 6 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 77 3 2 4 1 6 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penna"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 77 3 2 4 1 6 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluma"
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"barb"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "calamus"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A pen made from a feather."
],
"links": [
[
"pen",
"pen"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "feather pen"
},
{
"word": "quill pen"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He picked up his quill and wrote a poem.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any pen."
],
"links": [
[
"pen",
"pen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Any pen."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"links": [
[
"pointed",
"pointed"
],
[
"barbed",
"barbed"
],
[
"detach",
"detach"
],
[
"needle",
"needle"
],
[
"-like",
"-like"
],
[
"porcupine",
"porcupine"
],
[
"hedgehog",
"hedgehog"
],
[
"defense",
"defense"
],
[
"predator",
"predator"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube."
],
"links": [
[
"bark",
"bark"
],
[
"cinnamon",
"cinnamon"
],
[
"cinchona",
"cinchona"
],
[
"tube",
"tube"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The pen of a squid."
],
"links": [
[
"pen",
"pen"
],
[
"squid",
"squid"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"plectrum",
"plectrum"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"The tube of a musical instrument."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"tube",
"tube"
],
[
"musical instrument",
"musical instrument"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) The tube of a musical instrument."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Weaving"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger",
"text": "His hair still stood up in punk-rock quills and spikes.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle."
],
"links": [
[
"fold",
"fold"
],
[
"plain",
"plain"
],
[
"ruff",
"ruff"
],
[
"weaving",
"weaving#Noun"
],
[
"spindle",
"spindle"
],
[
"spool",
"spool"
],
[
"thread",
"thread"
],
[
"woof",
"woof"
],
[
"shuttle",
"shuttle"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kwɪl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰw̥ɪl]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪl"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-quill.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/En-us-quill.ogg/En-us-quill.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/En-us-quill.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "therrë"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canó"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brk"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "tolga",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "толга"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "kalamo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "kynä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plume"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cálamo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣeṗeṗi",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "ღეპეპი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "prtis ɣero",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "ფრთის ღერო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kiel"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjaðurstafur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calamo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "tuaka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "tā"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "atʼákaz"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Poos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stvól perá",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ство́л пера́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "kalem"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "batrljica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "калем"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "батрљица"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cálamo"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "ปากกาขนนก"
},
{
"code": "mww",
"lang": "White Hmong",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "koob"
},
{
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "lower shaft of a feather",
"word": "gǃqhàẽ"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "therrë"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "pero"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pjaró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пяро́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "peró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо́"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "鵝毛筆"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "émáobǐ",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "鹅毛笔"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "羽毛筆"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔmáobǐ",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "羽毛笔"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pero"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fjerpen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "anserplumo"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fjøður"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjøðurpennur"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjaðurpennur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "sulkakynä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plume"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "pluma"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "péndola"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "baṭis prta",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "ბატის ფრთა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schreibfeder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Federkiel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Feder"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pénna",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πέννα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "קולמוס"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "penna"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjaðurpenni"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "pero"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calamo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penna d'oca"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hane-pen",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "羽根ペン"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hane-pen",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "羽ペン"
},
{
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "ödn",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "өдн"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "calamus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pero",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pero",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjærpenn"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pióro"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gęsie pióro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pena"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gusínoje peró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гуси́ное перо́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "pero"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pero"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gåspenna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fjäderpenna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vingpenna"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpàak-gaa",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "ปากกา"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peró",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "перо́"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "pen made of feather",
"word": "penamaleplüm"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "inkoskribilo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "kynä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stift"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "plajbász"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "any pen",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "penna"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "any pen",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bläckpenna"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔibra",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "إِبْرَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šawka",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "شَوْكَة"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kaljúčka",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "калю́чка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bodil",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бодил"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hpruhcu:",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "ဖြူဆူး"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pua"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cì",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "刺"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "piikki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piquant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "épine"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stachel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agkáthi",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αγκάθι"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "broddur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aculeo"
},
{
"alt": "とげ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toge",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "棘"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gasi",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "가시"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bocka",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "боцка"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ok",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "اوق"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "takkaḷā",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਤੱਕਲ਼ਾ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "igólka",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "иго́лка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iglá",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "игла́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "bodlja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "bodljika"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бодља"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
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"word": "бодљика"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "púa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pigg"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "diken"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"word": "ok"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hólka",
"sense": "needle-like structure that grows on the skin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "го́лка"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "cinnamon quill",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thin piece of bark, curled into a roll",
"word": "kanelitanko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pen of a squid",
"word": "selkäkilpi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "music: tube of a musical instrument",
"word": "putki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something having the form of a quill",
"word": "piikki"
}
],
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}
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"ref": "1966, David Francis Costello, The World of the Porcupine, J. B. Lippincott & Company, page 66",
"text": "Coyotes, bears, and mountain lions which occasionally kill porcupines are sometimes quilled.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2010, Mark Parman, A Grouse Hunter's Almanac: The Other Kind of Hunting, University of Wisconsin Press, page 49",
"text": "Then one of my dogs got quilled, and it happened again a month later. After putting the dog in a headlock, yanking out several dozen quills, and spurting blood all over myself and the decking of the back porch, I at least understood his antiporcupine venom.",
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"ref": "1976, Ed Sanders, Investigative Poetry, City Lights, published 1976, page 11",
"text": "One has only to recall that Coleridge and Wordsworth one day were lounging by the sea shore, while nearby sat an English police agent on snitch patrol prepared to rush to headquarters to quill a report about the conversation.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2007, David J. Wishart, Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians, University of Nebraska Press, published 2007, page 32",
"text": "Another characteristic of Plains Indians was the fairly strict division between art made and used by men and art made and used by women. Although men and women sometimes cooperated, women usually painted or quilled very balanced, controlled geometric designs on dresses, moccasins, robes, bags, and containers.",
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"text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:quill."
}
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"To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor)."
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"ipa": "[kʰw̥ɪl]"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "piša",
"sense": "to write",
"word": "пиша"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadipljam",
"sense": "to form fabric into folds",
"word": "надиплям"
}
],
"word": "quill"
}
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