Quill (disambiguation)

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A quill is a writing tool made from the wing feather of a large bird.

Quill may also refer to:

Computer software

  • Quill, a word processor developed by Psion
  • Quill (software), a 1982 suite of tools for literacy development
  • QUILL, a programming language used in Quintiq software
  • The Quill Adventure System, a 1983 computer program to write adventure games
  • Quill, an automated narrative generator from Narrative Science
  • Oculus Quill, a painting and animation software for virtual reality

Films

  • Quill (film), a 2004 Japanese movie
  • Quills (film), a 2000 English movie

Mechanical parts

  • Quill (bicycle part), a component that connects handlebars to the steerer tube of the fork
  • Quill drive, a mechanism to connect drive shafts together so they need not be oriented in the same direction
  • The non-rotating shaft that houses the spindle in a pillar drill

Music

  • Quill (band), a US band that played at the Woodstock festival
    • Quill (album)
  • The Quill (band), a Swedish stoner rock/metal band
    • The Quill (album), 1995
  • Quill, one of many plectra in a harpsichord, made from a feather or synthetic material
  • The quills, an old word in the United States and Britain for pan pipes

Places

  • Lake Quill in New Zealand, source of the Sutherland Falls
  • Quill, Georgia, a community in the United States
  • Quill City, Malaysia
  • Quill Lakes, a wetland complex in Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, a village northwest of Quill Lakes
  • The Quill (volcano), Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands

Publishing

  • Quill (comics), several Marvel Comics characters
  • Quill (magazine), the magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists in the US
  • The Quill (magazine), literary magazine of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, US
  • The Quill (newspaper), the student newspaper at Brandon University, Canada
  • Quill Award, an American literary award given 2005–2007
  • Quill Awards (Australia), Australian journalism awards given annually by the Melbourne Press Club

Other uses

  • Quill (surname), an Irish surname
  • Quill Corporation, a retailer based in Lincolnshire, Illinois
  • Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, a United States Supreme Court case regarding use tax
  • "Quill" (Grimm), a 2012 episode of the TV series Grimm
  • Quill (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Spine (zoology), a needle-like anatomical structure in some animals
  • Quill (satellite), a reconnaissance satellite programme
  • Quills (play), a 1995 play by Doug Wright

See also

  • Golden Quill, an American stage acting award
  • Quiller (disambiguation)
  • Quilling, an art form
  • Quillwork, traditional Native American art form
  • Quillwort, common name of Isoetes
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