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Meaning of quilling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

quilling

verb

Definitions

  1. To pierce or be pierced with quills.

  2. To write.

  3. To form fabric into small, rounded folds.

  4. To decorate with quillwork.

noun

Definitions

  1. A band of fluted muslin resembling a row of quills.

  2. A form of art that involves the creation of decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.

  3. Quillwork.

  4. The practice of blowing pepper or snuff through a quill into the nose of a woman who is giving birth, to induce sneezing and diaphragmatic contractions which will induce or hasten labor.