Cities with similar population. Source: The Lindenhurst, NY weather data displayed above is derived from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric). Air quality and pollution data is derived from the EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency).
â¢ QUILL (noun). The noun QUILL has 4 senses: 1. pen made from a bird's feather. 2. a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog. 3. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird. 4. the hollow spine of a feather. Familiarity information: QUILL used as a noun is uncommon.
For other uses, see Quill (disambiguation). A quill pen is a writing implement made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen, the metal-nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen. The hand-cut goose quill is rarely used as a calligraphy tool, because many papers are now derived from wood pulp and wear down the quill very quickly.