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quilled

American  
[kwild] / kwɪld /

adjective

  1. rolled or incurved into a narrow tubular form.


Etymology

Origin of quilled

First recorded in 1720–30; quill + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Make the most of flowers with subtle differences, such as Rudbeckia Henry Eilers, with its quilled petals.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2022

If you want something more unusual, look for spoon mums, quilled mums, or spider mums.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

The delicate items include Lucrezia Beerli-Bieler’s intricately cut filigrees, Kate Norris’s collages of wallpaper motifs and Ashley Chiang’s quilled mandala.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020

Azure a Feather bendwise Argent quilled between two Bendlets Or all between two like Feathers Argent quilled Or.

From Slate • May 26, 2018

She had so many quilled things, and preferred them.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich