quilling
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To pierce or be pierced with quills.
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To write.
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To form fabric into small, rounded folds.
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To decorate with quillwork.
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To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor).
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A band of fluted muslin resembling a row of quills.
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A form of art that involves the creation of decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
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Quillwork.
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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.
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