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Definition of Quill pen
1. Noun. Pen made from a bird's feather.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quill Pen
Literary usage of Quill pen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Questioned Documents: A Study of Questioned Documents with an Outline of by Albert Sherman Osborn (1910)
"The quill pen is much more flexible than a steel or metal pen of any kind and an
absence of nib marks even on very heavy shadings is one of the first ..."
2. Questioned Documents: A Study of Questioned Documents with an Outline of by Albert Sherman Osborn (1910)
"In the examination of very old documents it is sometimes necessary to examine
the characteristics of quill pen writing. The quill pen is much more flexible ..."
3. The Saturday Magazine (1838)
"As the friction of the quill pen upon the paper, and the softening produced by
the ink, are the causes which wear away the nibs of ordinary pens, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The earliest specific allusion to the quill pen occurs in the writings of St
Isidore of Seville (early part of the 7th century).1 But there b no reason to ..."
5. Landmarks of a Lawyer's Lifetime by Theron George Strong (1914)
"The goose-quill pen, the penknife and the sand-box were once inseparable associates
on the lawyer's table. As late as my own early days at the bar quill ..."
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