Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --Goldsmith.

   2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --Judd.

Quilled \Quilled\, a.
   Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. ``A
   sharp-quilled porcupine.'' --Shak.

   {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.