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.
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Quilled a. Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. “A sharp-quilled porcupine.”
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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