The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --Goldsmith.
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2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --Judd.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quilled \Quilled\, a.
Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. "A
sharp-quilled porcupine." --Shak.
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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.
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