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Quilling

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A band of fluted muslin resembling a row of quills. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    A form of art that involves the creation of decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Quillwork. countable, uncountable

    "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. 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. Canada, US, countable, uncountable

    "Childbirth seldom was difficult, but when it was the simple process of "quilling" (which consisted in blowing at just the right time tobacco powder through the quill into the nostril) always brought on a huge sneeze, which immediately delivered the child."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of quill form-of, gerund, participle, present

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