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quilled |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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