quill A quill is a writing tool 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, eventual ...

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 quill is a writing tool 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, eventual ...

, a programming language used in Quintiq software *

The Quill Adventure System ''The Quill'' is a program to write home computer adventure games. Written by Graeme Yeandle, it was published on the ZX Spectrum by Gilsoft in December 1983. Although available to the general public, it was used by several games companies to cr ...

, a 1983 computer program to write adventure games *Quill, an automated narrative generator from

Narrative Science Narrative Science was a technology company based in Chicago, Illinois that specializes in data storytelling. As of December 17, 2021, Narrative Science was acquired by Salesforce and has since been integrated into Salesforce's Tableau Software ...

* Oculus Quill, a painting and animation software for virtual reality *Quill, a messaging service/chat app purchased by

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in December 2019 and shut down in December 2021.

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 quill is a writing tool 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, eventuall ...

, a mechanism to connect drive shafts together so they need not be oriented in the same direction *The protruding movable shaft in the

tailstock Tailstock used for drilling A tailstock, also known as a foot stock, is a device often used as part of an engineering lathe, wood-turning lathe, or used in conjunction with a rotary table on a milling machine. It is usually used to apply support ...

of a lathe *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 A pan flute (also known as panpipes or syrinx) is a musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length (and occasionally girth). Multiple varieties of pan flutes have bee ...

Places

* Lake Quill in New Zealand, source of the Sutherland Falls * Quill, Georgia, a community in the United States *

Quill City Quill City, formerly Vision City and known as Bandar Wawasan in the Malay language, is a partially completed integrated development project located along Jalan Sultan Ismail, close to Kampung Baru in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

, Malaysia *

Quill Lakes The Quill Lakes is a wetland complex in Saskatchewan, Canada that encompasses the endorheic basin of three distinct lake wetlands: Big Quill Lake, Middle Quill Lake, and Little Quill Lake. On May 27, 1987, it was designated a wetland of inte ...

, a wetland complex in Saskatchewan, Canada * Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, a village northwest of Quill Lakes * The Quill (volcano), Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands

Publishing

Quill Award The Quill Award was an American literary award that ran for three years in 2005-2007. It was a "consumer-driven award created to inspire reading while promoting literacy." The Quills Foundation, the organization behind the Quill Award, was suppor ...

, an American literary award given 2005–2007 *Quill Awards, annual journalism awards given by the

Melbourne Press Club The Melbourne Press Club, commonly referred to as MPC, is a not-for-profit association of journalists in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The Melbourne Press Club provides awards in the State of Victoria for outstanding journalism, presenting th ...

* ''The Quill'' (magazine), Bowdoin College's literary magazine * Quill (comics), several Marvel Comics characters * ''Quill'' (magazine), the magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists * ''The Quill'' (newspaper), the student newspaper at Brandon University

Other uses

* Quill (surname), an Irish surname *

Quill Corporation Quill Corporation is an American office supply retailer, founded in 1956, and headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. It services more than one million small and mid-sized U.S. business customers, with access to over one million assorted prod ...

, 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) Quill (foaled 1956 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1958 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in the United States. Racing career Quill was the first Champion for future U.S. and Canadian Hall of Fame trainer Lucien Laur ...

, an American Thoroughbred racehorse *

Spine (zoology) In a zoological context, spines are hard, needle-like anatomical structures found in both vertebrate and invertebrate species. The spines of most spiny mammals are modified hairs, with a spongy center covered in a thick, hard layer of keratin and ...

, a needle-like anatomical structure in some animals *

Quill (satellite) Quill was an experimental United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) program of the 1960s, which provided the first images of Earth from space using a synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Radar-imaging spacecraft of this design were not intend ...

, a reconnaissance satellite programme * ''Quills'' (play), a 1995 play by

Doug Wright Douglas Wright (born December 20, 1962) is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2004 for his play ''I Am My Own Wife''. Early years Wright was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended and ...