qualified
         adj 1: meeting the proper standards and requirements and
                  training for an office or position or task; "many
                  qualified applicants for the job" [ant: {unqualified}]
         2: limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified
            approval" [ant: {unqualified}]
         3: holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as
            qualified to perform a specified function or practice a
            specified skill; "a registered pharmacist"; "a registered
            hospital" [syn: {certified}, {qualified}]
         4: restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') [syn:
            {restricted}, {qualified}]
         5: contingent on something else [syn: {dependent}, {dependant},
            {qualified}]

English Dictionary: quill feather	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quill feather n any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird [syn: flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualify \Qual"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Qualified}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Qualifying}.] [F. qualifier, LL. qualificare, fr. L.       qualis how constituted, as + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See       {Quality}, and {-Fy}.]       1. To make such as is required; to give added or requisite             qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation,             or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or             other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make             capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with             legal power or capacity.                         He had qualified himself for municipal office by                      taking the oaths to the sovereigns in possession.                                                                               --Macaulay.          2. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to             regulate.                         It hath no larynx . . . to qualify the sound. --Sir                                                                               T. Browne.          3. To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive             form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to             limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a             statement, claim, or proposition.          4. Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to             reduce the strength of, as liquors.                         I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, But                      qualify the fire's extreme rage.         --Shak.          5. To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. [Obs.]                         In short space he has them qualified. --Spenser.          Syn: To fit; equip; prepare; adapt; capacitate; enable;                modify; soften; restrict; restrain; temper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.       1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.          2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.          {Qualified fee} (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a             qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the             qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of             the manor of Dale.          {Qualified indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which modifies             the liability of the indorser that would result from the             general principles of law, but does not affect the             negotiability of the instrument. --Story.          {Qualified negative} (Legislation), a limited veto power, by             which the chief executive in a constitutional government             may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body,             which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a             reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a             certain majority specified in the constitution, when they             become laws without the approval of the executive.          {Qualified property} (Law), that which depends on temporary             possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in             the case of a bailment.          Syn: Competent; fit; adapted.          Usage: {Qualified}, {Competent}. Competent is most commonly                   used with respect to native endowments and general                   ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;                   qualified with respect to specific acquirements and                   training.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.       1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.          2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.          {Qualified fee} (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a             qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the             qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of             the manor of Dale.          {Qualified indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which modifies             the liability of the indorser that would result from the             general principles of law, but does not affect the             negotiability of the instrument. --Story.          {Qualified negative} (Legislation), a limited veto power, by             which the chief executive in a constitutional government             may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body,             which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a             reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a             certain majority specified in the constitution, when they             become laws without the approval of the executive.          {Qualified property} (Law), that which depends on temporary             possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in             the case of a bailment.          Syn: Competent; fit; adapted.          Usage: {Qualified}, {Competent}. Competent is most commonly                   used with respect to native endowments and general                   ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;                   qualified with respect to specific acquirements and                   training.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.       1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.          2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.          {Qualified fee} (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a             qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the             qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of             the manor of Dale.          {Qualified indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which modifies             the liability of the indorser that would result from the             general principles of law, but does not affect the             negotiability of the instrument. --Story.          {Qualified negative} (Legislation), a limited veto power, by             which the chief executive in a constitutional government             may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body,             which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a             reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a             certain majority specified in the constitution, when they             become laws without the approval of the executive.          {Qualified property} (Law), that which depends on temporary             possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in             the case of a bailment.          Syn: Competent; fit; adapted.          Usage: {Qualified}, {Competent}. Competent is most commonly                   used with respect to native endowments and general                   ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;                   qualified with respect to specific acquirements and                   training.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.       1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.          2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.          {Qualified fee} (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a             qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the             qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of             the manor of Dale.          {Qualified indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which modifies             the liability of the indorser that would result from the             general principles of law, but does not affect the             negotiability of the instrument. --Story.          {Qualified negative} (Legislation), a limited veto power, by             which the chief executive in a constitutional government             may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body,             which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a             reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a             certain majority specified in the constitution, when they             become laws without the approval of the executive.          {Qualified property} (Law), that which depends on temporary             possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in             the case of a bailment.          Syn: Competent; fit; adapted.          Usage: {Qualified}, {Competent}. Competent is most commonly                   used with respect to native endowments and general                   ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;                   qualified with respect to specific acquirements and                   training.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualified \Qual"i*fied\, a.       1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments.          2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.          {Qualified fee} (Law), a base fee, or an estate which has a             qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the             qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, tenants of             the manor of Dale.          {Qualified indorsement} (Law), an indorsement which modifies             the liability of the indorser that would result from the             general principles of law, but does not affect the             negotiability of the instrument. --Story.          {Qualified negative} (Legislation), a limited veto power, by             which the chief executive in a constitutional government             may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body,             which bills therefore fail to become laws unless upon a             reconsideration the legislature again passes them by a             certain majority specified in the constitution, when they             become laws without the approval of the executive.          {Qualified property} (Law), that which depends on temporary             possession, as that in wild animals reclaimed, or as in             the case of a bailment.          Syn: Competent; fit; adapted.          Usage: {Qualified}, {Competent}. Competent is most commonly                   used with respect to native endowments and general                   ability suited to the performance of a task or duty;                   qualified with respect to specific acquirements and                   training.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualifiedly \Qual"i*fied`ly\, adv.       In the way of qualification; with modification or       qualification.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualifiedness \Qual"i*fied`ness\, n.       The state of being qualified.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.