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Quill \Quill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quilling.]

1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.

His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --Goldsmith.

2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --Judd.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Quilled \Quilled\, a. Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. ``A sharp-quilled porcupine.'' --Shak.

Quilled suture (Surg.), a variety of stitch in which the threads after being passed deeply through the edges of a wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar shape, in order to produce a suitable degree of pressure.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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