dial. var. QUILL sb.1

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1664.  Power, Exp. Philos., I. 8. You may plainly see the twills by which they [feathers] stick to the wings.

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1691.  Ray, N. C. Words (E.D.S.), Twill,… a spoole…. In the South they call it winding of quills.

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1788.  W. Marshall, Yorksh., II. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Twill, a quill.

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1825.  Brockett, N. C. Words, Twill, a quill; either for a pen, or on which to wind yarn.

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1855.  Robinson, Whitby Gloss.

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