The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quill \Quill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quilling.]
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To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle.
His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff.
--Goldsmith. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn.
--Judd.
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.
Wiktionary
1 having quills or similar structures 2 (context of a flower English) having long, narrow petals or florets 3 created through the process of quilling 4 (context of fabric English) having small, rounded folds 5 decorated with quillwork v
(en-past of: quill)
Usage examples of "quilled".
Wrinkled paws ended in powerful clawed fingers that dug at the earth, and its stubby, quilled tail whipped back and forth in a frantic effort to snap the lines of webbing that had wrapped about it.
The Splin-terscat led, his brownish quilled body shambling through brush and into grasses, under brambles and over logs as if they were all one, a single obstacle that required the same amount of effort to surmount.
There was an odd-shaped bush that was as quilled as the Splinterscat, needles pointing in every direction.
The Splinterscat led, his brownish quilled body shambling through brush and into grasses, under brambles and over logs as if they were all one, a single obstacle that required the same amount of effort to surmount.
On the wall hung several framed examples of Indian flatwork, ranging in size from small, intricately quilled squares to full-sized blankets with geometric patterns.