Quill (disambiguation)

A quill is the lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs, or something made from it, such as a pen.

Quill may also refer to:

Computer software

• Quill, a word processor developed by Psion
• Quill (software), a 1982 suite of tools for literacy development
• QUILL, a programming language used in Quintiq software
• The Quill Adventure System, a 1983 computer program to write adventure games
• Quill, an automated narrative generator from Narrative Science

Films

• Quill (film), a 2004 Japanese movie
• Quills, a 2000 English movie

Mechanical parts

• Quill (bicycle part), a component that connects handlebars to the steerer tube of the fork
• Quill drive, a mechanism to connect drive shafts together so they need not be oriented in the same direction
• The protruding movable shaft in the tailstock of a lathe
• The rotating moveable shaft in a pillar drill

Music

• Quill (band), a US band that played at the Woodstock festival
• The Quill (band), a Swedish stoner rock/metal band
  • The Quill (album), 1995
• Quill, one of many plectra in a harpsichord, made from a feather or synthetic material
• The quills, an old word in the United States and Britain for pan pipes

Places

• Quill City, Malaysia
• Quill Lakes, a wetland complex in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, a village northwest of Quill Lakes
• The Quill (volcano), Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands

Publishing

• Quill Award, an American literary award given 2005–2007
• Quill Awards, annual journalism awards given by the Melbourne Press Club
• The Quill (magazine), Bowdoin College's literary magazine
• Quill (comics), several Marvel Comics characters
• Quill (magazine), the magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists
• The Quill (newspaper), the student newspaper at Brandon University

Other uses

• Quill (surname), an Irish surname
• Quill Corporation, a retailer based in Lincolnshire, Illinois
• Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, a United States Supreme Court case regarding use tax
• "Quill" (Grimm), a 2012 episode of the TV series Grimm
• Quill (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Spine (zoology), a needle-like anatomical structure in some animals
• Quill (satellite), a reconnaissance satellite programme

See also

• Quiller (disambiguation)
• Quilling, an art form