Quill (disambiguation)

A quill is a writing tool made from the wing feather of a large bird.

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
 * Oculus Quill, a painting and animation software for virtual reality

Films

 * Quill (film), a 2004 Japanese movie
 * Quills (film), 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 non-rotating shaft that houses the spindle in a pillar drill

Music

 * Quill (band), a US band that played at the Woodstock festival
 * Quill (album)
 * 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

 * Lake Quill in New Zealand, source of the Sutherland Falls
 * Quill, Georgia, a community in the United States
 * 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 (comics), several Marvel Comics characters
 * Quill (magazine), the magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists in the US
 * The Quill (magazine), literary magazine of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, US
 * The Quill (newspaper), the student newspaper at Brandon University, Canada
 * Quill Award, an American literary award given 2005–2007
 * Quill Awards (Australia), Australian journalism awards given annually by the Melbourne Press Club

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
 * Quills (play), a 1995 play by Doug Wright