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QUILL , a See also:

term applied to the See also:bare, hard, hollow See also:tube of the See also:feather of a See also:bird, also to the large See also:flight feathers or remiges, and especially to the strong feathers of the See also:goose, See also:swan, or See also:crow used in the making of quill pens (see FEATHER and See also:PEN). The word is of obscure origin; a word with similar meaning, See also:Kiel, is found in See also:German, and See also:French has quille, ninepin, apparently connected with Ger. Kegel. Certain See also:ancient stringed See also:instruments were played with a plectrum or See also:plucker made of the quill of a bird's feather, and the word has thus been used of a plectrum made of other material and differing in shape, and also of an analogous See also:object for striking the strings in the See also:harpsichord, See also:spinet or See also:virginal. The verb " to quill " is to See also:fold See also:lace, See also:muslin or other See also:light material into narrow flutes or pleats; when so pleated the material is called " quilling." The French term " quillon," apparently formed from quille, ninepin, is applied to the projecting arms or See also:cross See also:guards of the hilt of a See also:sword. QUILLER-See also:COUCH, See also:SIR See also:ARTHUR See also:THOMAS (1863- ), See also:English writer, known under the See also:pseudonym of " Q " was See also:born in See also:Cornwall on the 21st of See also:November 1863. He was educated at See also:Newton See also:Abbot See also:College, at See also:Clifton College, and Trinity College, See also:Oxford. After taking his degree in 1886 he was for a See also:short See also:time classical lecturer at Trinity. While he was at Oxford be published (1887) his Dead See also:Man's See also:Rock (a See also:romance in the vein of See also:Stevenson's Treasure See also:Island), and he followed this up with See also:Troy See also:Town (1888) and The Splendid See also:Spur (1889). After some journalistic experience in See also:London, mainly as a contributor to the See also:Speaker, in 1891 he settled at See also:Fowey in Cornwall. His later novels include The See also:Blue Pavilions (1891), The See also:Ship of Stars (1899), Hetty See also:Wesley (1903), The Adventures of Harry Revel (1903), Fort Amity (1904), The Shining See also:Ferry (1905), Sir See also:John See also:Constantine (1906). He published in 1896 a See also:series of See also:critical articles, Adventures in See also:Criticism, and in 1898 he completed R.

L. Stevenson's unfinished novel, St Ives. From his Oxford days he was known as a writer of excellent See also:

verse. With the exception of the parodies entitled See also:Green Bays (1893), his poetical See also:work is contained in Poems and See also:Ballads (1896). In 1895 he published a delightful See also:anthology from the 16th and 17th-See also:century English lyrists, The See also:Golden Pomp, followed in 1900 by an equally successful Oxford See also:Book of English Verse, 1250—1900 (1900). In Cornwall he was an active worker in politics for the Liberal party. He was knighted in 1910.

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