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quilling

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…

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

  3. Quillwork.

    • In this way, quilling arts were integral to band organization and cooperation, and functioned both within and between households as items of ceremonial exchange (i.e., "crosscutting" private and public domains).
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The practice of blowing pepper or snuff through a quill into the nose of a woman who is…

      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.

      • [...] the midwife kept suggesting quilling.

    2. present participle and gerund of quill

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