Quiller is the alias of a fictional spy created by English novelist Elleston Trevor and featured in a series of Cold War thrillers written under the pseudonym "Adam Hall".

"Quills" were a specific type of bobbin designed to fit into the shuttle of a Draper-style loom. A quiller operated the quiller machine, which wound yarn from cones or spindles onto bobbins. "Pouring up quills" meant removing empty bobbins from looms and reinserting them into the quiller machine.