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Definition of Quillon

1. part of sword handle [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quillon

Literary usage of Quillon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"It is connected by a canal with the port of quillon. Pop. about 580000. Triv'ium, the name given in the Middle Ages to the first three of the seven liberal ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"For the sake of symmetry another ring of the same kind was added to the left quillon, the two rings being termed the "pas d'ane. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In wielding the heavy swords of the Middle Ages, the forefinger was often hooked over the right quillon to strengthen the grasp. ..."

4. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1899)
"broken into two pieces by a fracture, which makes two rough righ angles in crossing the blade, and is distant from the quillon on on side of the blade ..."

5. Sir William Butler: An Autobiography by William Francis Butler (1911)
"Many years ago a certain Colonel Gordon was resident at quillon. ... We spent a couple of days in this remote but beautiful cantonment of quillon. ..."

6. The Influence of Molière on Restoration Comedy by Dudley Howe Miles (1910)
"The Isabella-quillon action was suggested by Les Precieuses Ridicules. The only point where quillon directly imitates Mascarille is in offering to show a ..."

7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1899)
"MISCELLANEOUS Pelletier-Caventou Monument,—We are surprised to hear from the treasurer of this committee (M. Boc- quillon-Limousin, 2 bis rue Blanche, ..."

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