Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird.
1House Fly,-lark'squill feather,-lightbrown silk,-ribbed with dark Ostrich herl for body,-legs grizzled hackle.
2With a brush or quill feather go all over the ham with beaten yolk of egg.
3Dun Midge,-lightestpart of a Thrush's quill feather,-paleyellow silk, ribbed with light orange,-legs yellow hackle.
4Twitchbell-inside of lightest part of Starling's quill feather for wings, brown hackle for legs, brown Peacock's herl for body.
5Pale Blue-light part of Starling's quill feather for wings, pale yellow silk for body, pale yellow dun hackle for legs and tail.
6The upper side of their quill feathers is a dark-blue tinged with black.
7Red Ant-Lark's Quill feather for wings, cock Pheasant's herl from tail for body, red hackle for legs.
8The spread of the wings, which are composed of seventeen or eighteen quill feathers, is three feet and a half.
9When all the packets are thus prepared (it is only the quill feathers that require the razor) then we may begin.
10It has a black horse-shoe on the breast, the belly being white, and the quill feathers are grey with a small brown spot on each.
11About July the old teals moult, and, losing for a time their quill feathers, they are unable to fly, though able to walk and swim.
12Fourteen long quill feathers diverge on each side of the metacarpal and phalangial bones, and decrease in length from 6 inches to 1 inch.
Translations for quill feather