Definition of "crow-quill" [crow•-quill]

• A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill. (noun)

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• "The natives, too, profit by the occasion, and actively collect them for food, they being about half an inch long, as thick as a crow-quill, and very fat."
• "I here found an insect which preys on ants; it is about an inch and a quarter long, as thick as a crow-quill, and covered with black hair."
• "The bower our host boasted of was perched on a small limb and hardly big enough to hold a desk, but there was a stool there, several crow-quill pens, paper, and a pot of ink."