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