goose-quilln.

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

a. One of the quills or wing-feathers of a goose; hence, a pen made of such a feather.

ΘΚΠ

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

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Goose quyll, calamus anserinus.

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 331 We write with goose quilles.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. ii. 344 Many wearing Rapiers, are affraide of Goose-quils.

1657 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude iii. 136 The Goose quil hath smote Antichrist under the fifth rib.

1773 Hamilton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 327 Two wires of about the size of a goose-quill.

1834 F. B. Head Bubbles from Brunnen 138 Sensations on the eye and ear which the goose-quill has not power to impart.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 148 A fat philosopher sitting writing in a peaceful library with a goose quill.

attributive.1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4^v These aboue named goosequil braccahadocheos.1661 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 3) x. 172 Three..Goose-quil floats.

†b. A writer, author. nonce-use. Obsolete.

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1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 149 Bowles, cards and dice, you are the true liberal sciences, Ile ne're be Goose-quil, gentlemen, while I liue.

†2. Nautical. (See quot. 1780; cf. goose-wing n. 2) Obsolete.

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1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) App. Carguer le point de la voile qui est sous le vent, to haul up the lee-clue-garnet, or goose-quill of a sail.

Derivatives

† gooseˈquillian adj. Obsolete

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1610 Histrio-mastix iii. D 4 Not while goosequillian Posthast holds his pen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	goose-quill
释义	goose-quilln. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgoose-quill. 1. a. One of the quills or wing-feathers of a goose; hence, a pen made of such a feather. 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 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Goose quyll, calamus anserinus. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 331 We write with goose quilles. a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. ii. 344 Many wearing Rapiers, are affraide of Goose-quils. 1657 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude iii. 136 The Goose quil hath smote Antichrist under the fifth rib. 1773 Hamilton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 327 Two wires of about the size of a goose-quill. 1834 F. B. Head Bubbles from Brunnen 138 Sensations on the eye and ear which the goose-quill has not power to impart. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 148 A fat philosopher sitting writing in a peaceful library with a goose quill. attributive.1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4^v These aboue named goosequil braccahadocheos.1661 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 3) x. 172 Three..Goose-quil floats. †b. A writer, author. nonce-use. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 149 Bowles, cards and dice, you are the true liberal sciences, Ile ne're be Goose-quil, gentlemen, while I liue. †2. Nautical. (See quot. 1780; cf. goose-wing n. 2) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) App. Carguer le point de la voile qui est sous le vent, to haul up the lee-clue-garnet, or goose-quill of a sail. Derivatives † gooseˈquillian adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1610 Histrio-mastix iii. D 4 Not while goosequillian Posthast holds his pen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1552
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