Dictionary entry

Quill (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.