crow-quilln.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrow-quill.

A quill from a crow's wing, used as a pen for fine writing. Also a name for a small fine steel pen used in map-drawing, etc.

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > quill pen

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1740 T. Gray Let. 21 May in Corr. (1971) I. 157 You should take a handsome crow-quill when you write to me, and not leave room for a pin's point in four sides of a sheet royal.

1845 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 352 Written on glazed paper with a crow-quill.

figurative.a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 54 Such a poor crow-quill as mine.attributive.1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 37 Over the neat crowquill calligraph His pen goes blotting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	crow-quill
释义	crow-quilln. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrow-quill. A quill from a crow's wing, used as a pen for fine writing. Also a name for a small fine steel pen used in map-drawing, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > quill pen featherc1000 swan-pen1426 goose-quill1552 quill1552 goose-pena1616 pen1653 quill pen1725 crow-quill1740 twill1825 swan-quill1839 1740 T. Gray Let. 21 May in Corr. (1971) I. 157 You should take a handsome crow-quill when you write to me, and not leave room for a pin's point in four sides of a sheet royal. 1845 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 352 Written on glazed paper with a crow-quill. figurative.a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 54 Such a poor crow-quill as mine.attributive.1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 37 Over the neat crowquill calligraph His pen goes blotting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1740
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