'Quilled' definitions:

Definition of 'Quilled'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Quilled'

From: 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. [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]