| Midden crow |
The common European crow. |
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| Quill |
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. |
n. |
| Quill |
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. |
n. |
| Quill |
A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. |
n. |
| Quill |
The pen of a squid. See Pen. |
n. |
| Quill |
The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. |
n. |
| Quill |
The tube of a musical instrument. |
n. |
| Quill |
Something having the form of a quill |
n. |
| Quill |
The fold or plain of a ruff. |
n. |
| Quill |
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. |
n. |
| Quill |
A hollow spindle. |
n. |
| Quill |
To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle. |
v. t. |
| Quill |
To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. |
v. t. |
| Royston crow |
See Hooded crow, under Hooded. |
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| Sea crow |
The chough. |
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| Sea crow |
The cormorant. |
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| Sea crow |
The blackheaded pewit, and other gulls. |
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| Sea crow |
The skua. |
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| Sea crow |
The razorbill. |
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| Sea crow |
The coot. |
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