How to pronounce “quilling”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (obsolete) A band of fluted muslin resembling a row of quills.
• A form of art that involves the creation of decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
• Quillwork.
• (US and Canada, especially Appalachia and the Prairies) 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.
• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of quill

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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