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- noun Plural form of
quillion .
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Examples
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He tilted the thing in his hands so that it caught the light from Petro's windows, and touched a hesitant finger first to the tiny number etched into the metal just beneath the threads for the nut, then to the maker's mark that was cut into the steel below the quillions, where it would be visible.
The Shadow Of The Lion Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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The sheath looked as if it had once had metal fittings; there were gaping sockets in the pommel and at the ends of the quillions of the sword that had undoubtedly once held gemstones.
Oathbreaker Lackey, Mercedes 1989
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The pommel was a silver-washed iron apple, and the quillions were double, set at right angles to each other.
Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988
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Instead she'd made it into invisible, swift-moving armor, catching every cut on the quillions.
Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988
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And so I stood with my hands resting on the quillions of Terminus Est, and tumed this way and that, and adjusted the block so that my shadow would fall across it.
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
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Gilt bronze hilt and quillions, engraved blade bearing inscription in
A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" Henry W. Shoemaker
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Vulcanite grips, quillions and elephant-head pommel of some white composition metal.
A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" Henry W. Shoemaker
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Staghorn handle, ornamented bronze quillions and shell guard.
A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" Henry W. Shoemaker
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And that's not counting the quillions The Lion King picked up in home video sales, where the real money is.
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And that's not counting the quillions The Lion King picked up in home video sales, where the real money is.
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