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Definitions for Quilling

[1] the flutes or ridges in quilled material.
[2] quilled fabric, lace, ribbon, etc.
[3] copping.
[4] one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
[5] the hard, hollow, basal part of a feather.
[6] a feather, as of a goose, formed into a pen for writing.
[7] one of the hollow spines on a porcupine or hedgehog.
[8] a plectrum of a harpsichord.
[9] a roll of bark, as of cinnamon, formed in drying.
[10] a reed or other hollow stem on which yarn is wound.
[11] a bobbin or spool.
[12] a toothpick.
[13] Machinery . a hollow shaft or sleeve through which another independently rotating shaft may pass. a shaft, joined to and supported by two other shafts or machines, for transmitting motion from one to the other. a rotating toolholder used in boring or facing internal angles.
[14] a musical pipe, especially one made from a hollow reed.
[15] Textiles . to arrange (fabric) in flutes or cylindrical ridges, as along the edge of a garment, hem, etc. to wind on a quill, as yarn.
[16] to penetrate with, or as if with, a quill or quills.
[17] to extract a quill or quills from: to quill a duck before cooking it.
[18] decorative craftwork in which a material such as glass, fabric, or paper is formed into small bands or rolls that form the basis of a design
[19] any of the large stiff feathers of the wing or tail of a bird the long hollow central part of a bird's feather; calamus
[20] a bird's feather made into a pen for writing
[21] any of the stiff hollow spines of a porcupine or hedgehog
[22] a device, formerly usually made from a crow quill, for plucking a harpsichord string
[23] angling a length of feather barb stripped of barbules and used for the body of some artificial flies
[24] a small roll of bark, esp one of dried cinnamon
[25] (in weaving) a bobbin or spindle
[26] a fluted fold, as in a ruff
[27] a hollow shaft that rotates upon an inner spindle or concentrically about an internal shaft
[28] to wind (thread, yarn, etc) onto a spool or bobbin
[29] to make or press fluted folds in (a ruff)

Words nearby Quilling

quilled, quiller, quiller-couch, quillet, quillfish, quilling, quillon, quillwork, quillwort, quilmes, quilt

Origin of Quilling

1375–1425; late Middle English quil; compare Low German quiele, German Kiel

Words that may be confused with Quilling

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, quillquail, quell, quill

Other words from Quilling

quill-like , adjective

Word origin for Quilling

C15 (in the sense: hollow reed or pipe): of uncertain origin; compare Middle Low German quiele quill