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Definition of quincewort in English English dictionary
- A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona
- Something having the form of a quill The fold or plain of a ruff
- To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill aruffle
- A hollow spindle
- Called also quinsywort
- A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle
- The squinancy
- To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn
- The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili
- The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is