Quill \Quill\, n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see
      {Kayless}); but cf. also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir.
      cuille a quill.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. 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. --Sir H. Wotton.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
            (b) The pen of a squid. See {Pen}.
  
      4. (Mus.)
            (a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings
                  of certain instruments.
            (b) The tube of a musical instrument.
  
                           He touched the tender stops of various quills.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      5. Something having the form of a quill; as:
            (a) The fold or plain of a ruff.
            (b) (Weaving) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood,
                  upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a
                  shuttle.
            (c) (Mach.) A hollow spindle.
  
      {Quill bit}, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed
            split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a
            gouge.
  
      {Quill driver}, one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk.
            [Jocose]
  
      {Quill nib}, a small quill pen made to be used with a holder.
            --Simmonds.

English Dictionary: Quellwiderstand	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quilter \Quilt"er\, n.       One who, or that which, quilts.