quindecemvir

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(Roman history) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books
To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn
To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill aruffle
One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books
A hollow spindle
Something having the form of a quill The fold or plain of a ruff
The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle
A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona