Usually means: Subtle point in argument, quibbling.
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  1. quillet: Merriam-Webster
  2. quillet: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Quillet, quillet: Wordnik
  4. quillet: Wiktionary
  5. quillet: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Quillet: Dictionary.com
  7. Quillet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. quillet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Quillet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. quillet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. Quillet: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. quillet: FreeDictionary.org
  13. quillet: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. quillet: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (quillet)

noun:  A quibble, an evasive distinction.
noun:  (now regional) A small plot of land; historically: a strip of land that together with others like it formed a larger field.

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