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quilling


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quilling  \Quill"ing\,  n. 
  a  A  band  of  linen,  muslin,  or  the  like  fluted,  folded,  or 
  plaited  so  as  somewhat  to  resemble  a  row  of  quills. 
  b  One  of  the  rounded  plaits  or  flutings  of  such  a  band. 
 
  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.