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Definition of Goose quill

Goose quill
Goose grass. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and cleavers. (b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). (c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua). Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast. Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it. Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above. Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea ptarmica), growing wild in the British islands. Sea goose. (Zo["o]l.) See Phalarope. Solan goose. (Zo["o]l.) See Gannet.

Meaning of Goose quill from wikipedia

- pen), a quill has no internal ink reservoir and therefore needs to periodically be dipped into an inkwell during writing. The hand-cut goose quill is rarely...
- gilt-edged Holy books from 1200s - 1600s. These pieces were wrapped around goose quills to create coiled shapes for decoration of reliquaries and holy pictures...
- "Grágás"; i.e., the Gray Goose Laws. Various etymologies were offered for that name: The fact that the laws were written with a goose quill; The fact that the...
- following: the fact that the laws were written with a goose quill, the fact that the laws were bound in goose skin, or because of the age of the laws—it was...
- games were spoiled by incomprehensible rules. The trophy is a br**** goose quill and inkwell on a chessboard. 1981 Focus 1982 Dark Tower 1983 Giganten...
- The Yanmaodao (Chinese: 雁毛刀; lit. 'goose-quill saber') is a type of dao used as a standard military weapon during the Ming Dynasty and middle Qing Dynasty...
- south and east to Queensland where they are sometimes called white-quilled pygmy goose. They are among the smallest waterfowl in the world and are found...
- porcupines, which raise their quills when threatened, or sea otters when they encounter sharks or other predators. Goose bumps are created when tiny muscles...
- military-issue weapon. The four main types of peidao are: The yanmaodao or "goose-quill saber" is largely straight like the earlier zhibeidao, with a curve appearing...
- old males pierce their ****es with a gold or tin rod the size of a goose quill. In both ends of the same bolt, some have what resembles a spur, with...