n. A small plot of land; historically: a strip of land that together with others like it formed a larger field.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Subtilty; nicety; quibble.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A furrow.
n. A croft, or small separate piece of ground.
n. A nicety or subtlety; a quibble.
Word Usage
"There is not a quip nor a quillet from the slangy pen of the daily newspaper writers that she does not brood over and worry about as heartily as if it were an overdue mortgage on her pianoforte."