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- [1] : 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.
1913 webster
his cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --goldsmith.
1913 webster
2. to wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --judd.
1913 webster
see also:
quilled quilling
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
quilled \quilled\, a.
furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. "a
sharp-quilled porcupine." --shak.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
quilled suture
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