Long, stiff, feathers on the wings or tail of a bird that aid in the generation of lift and thrust.
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However, anyone with a quill and an inkhorn can forge mundane text.
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He heard the scraping of the quill on paper and he spun.
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He dipped his quill, thought for a moment, and then began writing.
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That's all.' He waved a quill dismissively, and I bowed and left.
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There are actually boney quill knobs that are present on its forearm.
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This register gate was moved by means of a segment and pinion.
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Thanky, dear, you'r welcome to my 'pinion ef it's wuth any thing.
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Her good name, with the rapidity of the eagle's pinion, was forfeited!
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But it's my 'pinion you'll just damage the ship, an' do nothin'.'
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Room through which the steering shaft moves to turn the pinion.
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House Fly,-lark'squill feather,-lightbrown silk,-ribbed with dark Ostrich herl for body,-legs grizzled hackle.
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With a brush or quill feather go all over the ham with beaten yolk of egg.
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Dun Midge,-lightestpart of a Thrush's quill feather,-paleyellow silk, ribbed with light orange,-legs yellow hackle.
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Twitchbell-inside of lightest part of Starling's quill feather for wings, brown hackle for legs, brown Peacock's herl for body.
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Pale Blue-light part of Starling's quill feather for wings, pale yellow silk for body, pale yellow dun hackle for legs and tail.
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You need the middle of the flight feather, where the feather is strong.
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Elrick was already wrenching out the long flight feathers from Saekrae's wing.
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Small birds follow larger egg and nestling eaters, attacking their flight feathers.
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The crosshilts were fashioned as raven wings, flight feathers partially spread.
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Examination of their flight feathers reveals each bird's minimum age.
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Ardemun even found the ground nest of a golden eagle and brought back some good flight feathers.
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We found a few charred arrows with traces of red flight feathers and a confused scattering of hoof-prints.
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Feathers were found on the specimen but it lacked the large flight feathers of birds and their closest relatives.
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His tunic strained at the seams, and grease in his over-coiffed hair had attracted stray filaments from the arrows' flight feathers.
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If any of the chickens persist in flying out we must clip the flight feathers of their wings (one wing, not both).
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She molts her flight feathers shortly after she starts to lay eggs, so if he should disappear, all the nestlings and the female will die.