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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.
1740Gray Let. Poems (1775) 86 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. 1845Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 352 Written on glazed paper with a crow-quill.
fig.1795Burke Regic. Peace iv. Wks. IX. 17 Such a poor crow-quill as mine.
attrib.1878Browning Poets Croisic 37 Over the neat crowquill calligraph His pen goes blotting. |