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goosequill

noun

Etymology

From goose + quill.

  1. derived from *gʷelH-✻ — “to pierce, stick”
  2. derived from quiele
  3. inherited from quyl
  4. compounded as goosequill — “goose + quill”

Definitions

  1. A quill from a goose used as a pen for writing.

    • Below this, sat two scrivener monks at two little desks, on which were scrolls of parchment and ink-horns and goose-quill pens.

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