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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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