
ETYMOLOGY
n. 1. : from quill (a small pipe or tube) + -er
n. 2. : from quill (to form into small cylindrical plaits or folds resembling a quill) + -er
EXAMPLE
“…Epi. O sir your chinne is but a quyller yet, you will be most maiesticall when it is full fledge. But I maruell that you loue Dipsas that olde Crone…”
From: Endimion, The Man in the Moone
By John Lyly, 1591