name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #68868)
noun: (obsolete) A band of fluted muslin resembling a row of quills.
noun: A form of art that involves the creation of decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
noun: Quillwork.
noun: (US and Canada, especially Appalachia and the Prairies) The practice of blowing pepper or snuff through a quill into the nose of a woman who is giving birth, to induce sneezing and diaphragmatic contractions which will induce or hasten labor.
