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QUILLEK.
d. Her. of a feather: Having a quill (of a
specified tincture).
1864 in BOUTELL Her. Hist. $ Pop. (ed. 3) 86.
tQui'ller. Obs. rare~. [f. QUILL sbl 2 + -ER.J
A bird not fully fledged. In
quot./^.
1591 LYLY Endym. v. ii, O sir, your chinne is but a quyller
yet, you will be most majesticall when it is full fledge.
Quillet (kwi'let), rf.1 Also 6 coylett, quyllett,
6-7 quillett. [Of obscure origin.]
1. A small plot or narrow strip of land. Now
only local or Antiq.
1533-4 Act 25 Hen. Vlll, c. r 3 10 No muner person
shall take in ferme . . any quillettes of landes or pastures.
1538 LELAND Itin. IV. 82 2 Impropriating Benefices unto
them and giving them Coyletts of Land, c 1640 J. SMYTH
Lives Berkeleys (1883) 1. 151 Reducinge his scattered quillets
of ground togeather into entire enclosures. 1774 T. WEST
Antiq. Furness p. xlv, The abbots of Furness permitted
the inhabitants to enclose quillets to their houses. 1814
HEBER Jrnl. 9 Aug., Each quillet.. had its little stage and
shed for the watchman. 1888 Archxolog. Rev. Mar. 17 The
fields, .in North Wales are still, in many cases, divided into
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that is to say, into open strips marked off from
quillets ',
each other merely by boundary stones.
t 2. A hamlet. Obs. rare- 1 .
1597-8 Act 39 Eliz. c. 25 The sayde Hundred doth consiste
onely of five small villages and thre small Quyllettes or
Hamlettes,
Quillet (kwi'let), sb? Also 7 quilit, 7-9
quillit. [? Abbrev. of QUILLITY ; d.quip,quippy
and quiddit, quiddity.]
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A verbal nicety or subtle
distinction a ; quirk, quibble.
1588 SHAKS. L. L. L. iv. iii. 288 Some tricks, some quillets,
how to cheat the diuell. 1609 HOLLAND Amm. Marcell.
?\V. 117 [Thou] didst ask them concerning :
of a question. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 69. 3/2 Like Ignoramus,
For Quillets most famous. 1818 SCOTT Hrt. Midi, x, Sharp-
eyed as a . . lynx in the nice sharp quill its of legal discussion.
1890 J. H. STIRLING Giford Lect. viii. 153 The word is too
unequivocal for any quillet to be hung upon it.
Hence f Qui-llet v. intr., to quibble. Obs.
1653 HOLCROFT Procopius i. xx. 25 It is inconvenient for
men in hazard for the main, to quillet about the rest.
Quillet (kwi-let), so.z [app. f. QUILL si.1 +
-ET.] A small quill, or tube, etc., resembling this.
1876 BLACKMORE Cripps II. xiv. 211 Sprays, that . .held in
every downy quillet liquid, rather than solid, gem. 1879
Daily Tel. 29 May, As many codicils as there are paper
quillets to a schoolboy's kite.
Quilleted (kwHeted), a.
[f. QUILLET s6.1 +
-ED.] Divided into quillets.
1888 Archxolog. Rev. Mar. 21 The whole of this quilleted
tract is grouped about the ancient site of the parish church.
1893 A. N. PALMER Hist. Wrexham IV. 102 The quilleted
close nearest the town.
Quillety, variant of QUILLITY.
Quilling (kwi-lirj), vbl. sb. [f. QUILL v.]
1. The action of the vb. QUILL ; esp. filling a quill
with thread or yarn.
cl4oj. SMYTH Lives Berkeleys (1883) I. 167 The charges
in . . quillinge, weaving_e . . and the like. 1780 A. YOUNG
Tour Irel. I. 315 Quilling, warping, and winding ; the
by
?uilling
children. 1785 JEFFERSON Writ. (1859) I. 440,
do not altogether despair of making something of your
method of quilling [a harpsichord]. 1856 WHITTIER Ranger
vii, Leave your quilling, leave your spinning.
2. A ribbon, strip of lace or other material
gathered into small cylindrical folds resembling
a row of quills.
1813 LADY BURGHERSH Lett. (1893) 61 An immense quilling
of lace or ribbon round the poke. 1829 Glover's Hist. Derby
I. 247 Quillings or narrow edgings of lace. 1882 Standard
ii Sept 6/6 Quillings and rucnings continue dull.
t Obs. rare. Also
Qui'Uity. 7 quillety.
[? Alteration of QUIDDITY 2.] A quillet, a quibble.
1573 G. HARVEY Letter-bk. (Camden) 135 In nise poyntes
and quillityes none more praecise. 1616 ABP. MATTHEWS in
Usher's Lett. (1686) 36 Our adversaries do not .. intangle
others . . in any one Quillity, or Cavil, more than in that
particular.
transf. 1653 URQUHART Rabelais i. xi. (1900) 56 One of
them would call it .. her staffe of love, her quillety. [1678
MRS. BEHN Sir P. Fancy v. i, We shall soon rectifie the
quiblets and quillittes of his blood, if he observes our directions
and diet.]
II Qnillon (kt'yon). [Fr. (1611 in Cotgr.), app.
f. : i/uil/e ninepin see KAYLES.] One or other of
the two arms forming the cross-guard of a sword.
i$X& Archzologia LI. I. 513 The quillons, which start from
a rectangular block through which the blade passes. 1894
R. S. FERGUSON Charters of Carlisle 292 His sword which
has plain straight quillons, hangs at his left side.
Quilly (kwi-li), a. rare.
[f. QUILL y*.l + -Yl.]
Resembling a quill ; pertaining to qrjills.
1S5 J. HALLE Hist. Expost. 90 The circulare or quilly
hardnes of fistules. 1886 Sat. Rev. 19 June 844/2 Being
men rather of horny hands than of quilly pens.
Quilome, Quilpe, Quito, obs. ft. WHILOHE,
WHELP, WHILES.
Quilt (kwilt), rf.l Forms : a.. 3 oowlte, //.
quoiltene, 4 qwylte, 4-5 quilte, 5 qu-, qvylte,
(coylte), 5-6quylt, 5- quilt. /3. north, gqwhilte,
wilt, wylt, 5-6 whiltfe. 7. 5-6 twilt, twylt.
[a. OF. cuilte (i 2th c.), coilte (later coite, coete,
cottete, mod. couttte) :*colcta, *culcta : L. culcita
a stuffed sack, mattress, cushion, etc., whence also
Sp. and Pg. colcha. Also OF. coute (later written
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rousle, coulte) :*colta, *culla. The L. variant culcitra
is represented by It. coltrice, OSp. colcedra,
and its shortened form *cuktra by It. coltre, Genevan
coitre, couatre, OF. colre.]
1. An article of bed-furniture, consisting essentially
of two large pieces of woven material having a layer
of some soft substance (such as wool, flock, or down)
placed between them j originally, an article of this
kind for lying on (now obs.) ; in later use, a coverlet
of similar make, esp. one in which the lining is kept
in place by stitches or lines of stitching passing
through the whole (the mediaeval quiltpoint or
counterpoint, q.v.) ; hence, any thick outer bed-
covering, a counterpane.
c 1190 S. Eng. Leg. 188/125 Maketh a bed . . Of quoiltene
and of materasz. a 1300 Body I, Soul in Maps Poems 334
Jwere beon .. Thine cowltes and thi covertoures? c 13*0
Sir Beufs (MS. A.) 3906 Foure hondred beddes of selk
echon, Quiltes of gold par vpon. c 1450 Merlin 539 Thei
lay down to slepe vpon the grasse for other quyltes ne
pilowes ha'dde thei noon. 1454 Durham Ace. Rolls
(Surtees) 148, ij qwhiltez . . j whilte. 1477 in Ripon Ch.Acts
(Surtees) 179 unum twylt. 1489 CAXTON Faytes of A. IL
xxxvi. 154 Coyltes or matrases or sacques. 1544 PHAER
Regim. Lyfe (1553) A viij b, A coife, made of double linnen
clothe, and sowed like a cotten quilt. i66 MIDDLETON
Women Beware Women in. i. 27 Never a green silk quilt is
there .. To cast upon my bed? 1692 LOCKE Educ. 23 Let
his Bed be hard, and rather Quilts than Feathers.
1715
DE FOE Voy. round World (1840) 237 The way of lodging
upon quilts, and in beds. .1 need not describe. 1758 JOHN-
SON Idler No. 13 r 8 We have .. three flourished quilts for
every bed. 1851 MRS. SMVTHIES Bride Elect xxv. She
threw herself on her knees by her bed side, and hid her face
in the quilt.
b. trans/. A thick covering (for soft bed).
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II. 92 You must lay* a finger thick of Moss upon those
Shefves, which may serve, as it were for a kind of Quilt.
1801 WOLCOTT (P. Pindar) Tears It Smiles Wks. 1812 V. 58
To hide their slumbering heads beneath Those downy quilts,
their wings. 1863 BAKING-GOULD Iceland 115 The dull
quilt of cloud obscuring the sun.
c. The material of or for a quilt; quilting.
1766 W. GORDON Celt. Counting-ho. 427, i piece yard-wide
quilt.
2. A piece of padded material used to defend the
body, as a substitute or lining for armour.
159* WYRLEY Armorie, Capitallde Buz 127 No hardned
steele, no quilt, no warped meale Could make resist. 16*5
K. LONG tr. Barclay's A rgenis n. vii. 84 The inside of the
Bracelet . . being lined with a silken quilt, next to his arme.
1791 COWPER Iliad iv. 219 The hauberk, and the tough
interior quilt .. its force repress'd. 1870 BRYANT Homer I.
iv. in The plated quilt which next his skin The hero wore.
1 3. A pad smeared or stuffed with a medicinal
substance, and applied to some part of the body.
1601 HOLLAND Pliny II. 339 The same rennet applied as
a cataplasme vpon a quilt of wooll. 1626 BACON Sylva 56
The Quilts of Roses, Spices,. .c. arc nothing so helpfull
as to take a Cake of New bread. 1684 tr. Batted Merc.
Compit. III. 68 Concerning Quilts and Caps.. such as are
made of very strong scented things do affect the Head.
4. attrib. and Comb. a. objective gen., as quilt-
maker, -manufacturer ; 7 b. = quilted, as guiltcap,
-nightgown, -work.
c 1515 Cocke LoreWs B. o Quylte makers, shermen, and
armorers. 16*3 T. GOAD Dole/. Euen. Song 7 Hee . . put
vpon his head a red quilt cap, hauing a linnen white one
Land. Gaz. No. 1081/4 Also Six Holland
vnder it. 1676
Shifts., one Quilt Night Gown. 1709 Ibid. No. 4559/4
Michael Scott of . . Fetter-lane, Quilt-maker.
Quilt, sb* dial. ? Obs. [Related to QUILT V?]
The swallowing-point of the throat.
a 1711 LISLE Huso. (1757) 347 (E. D. S.) He puts them
down the calf's throat beyond the quilt.
Quilt (kwilt), D.I Also 6 quilte, 6 (9 dial.}
twilt(e. [f. QUILT rf.l]
L trans. To pad, line, or cover (a thing) with some
material, after the method employed in making a
quilt, or in some similar way.
'SSS J- PROCTOR Hist. Wyat's 'Rebellion 35 A priuie cote
that ne had quilted with angels. 1577 HARRISON England
n. xvi. (1877) i. 279 Jackes quilted and couered ouer with
leather. 1616 BACON Sytua 56 A Bagge quilted with Bran,
is likewise very good. 1681 WHELER Joum. Greece i. 16
Course Ticking-Cloth, well quilted with Wool. 1713 AR-
BUTHNOT John Bull (1727) 82 Mayn't I quilt my rope? It
galls my neck strangely. 1828 SCOTT F. M. Perth iv, His
black velvet bonnet was lined with steel, quilted between the
metal and his head. 1869 TROLLOPE He knew, etc. xxxvi.
(1878) 205, I am quilting your cap.
trans/, xn&fig. 1630 DKKKI.K ind Pt. Honest Wh. Wks.
1873 II. 149 He so quilt your cap with old Iron, that your
coxcombe shall ake the worse these seuen yeeres for 't. 1650
FULLER Pisgak\.xx\. 184 Long standing tents were quilted
with timber, for their stronger support, a 1678 MARVELL
Upon Appleton House 422 The plain Lyes quilted ore with
bodies slain. 1808 SCOTT Marm. v. iii, His steel-jack, a
swarthy vest, With iron quilted well.
b. To cover with interlaced cord.
c 1611 CHAPMAN Iliad x. 230 His helmit fashion'd of a
hide ; the workman did bestow Much labour in it, quilting
it with bowstrings. 1776 [see QUILTING vbl. sb. i]. 1802
JAMES Milit. Diet. s.y. Laboratory* With a strong packthread
the whole is quitted to keep the shot from moving.
1838 DICKENS Old C. Shop (C. D. ed.) 197 A short pipe
quilted over with string.
2. To fasten together (two pieces or thicknesses
QUILTED.
of woven material) by stitches or lines of stitching,
so as to hold in position a layer of some soft
substance placed between them. Also, to sew
(several thicknesses) together, usually by stitches
arranged in some regular or decorative pattern.
1555 EDEN Decades 79 The mens [apparel!] is double and
quilted. 1599 A. M. tr. Cabelhouers Bk. Physicke 96/1
Quilte the bagge least the herbes sacke the one vpon the
other. 1615 MARKHAM Eng. Housew. n. i. (1668) 12 Quilt it
in a manner of a course imbroydery. 1717 SWIFT Gulliver
i. viii, By quilting thirteen fold of their strongest linnen
together. 1794 W. FELTON Carriages (1801) II. 16 Quilting
the lining [of a Coach] with small tufts. 1870 ROCK Text.
Fair. 1. 14 Skirt of a Lady's Dress, .quilted round the lower
border with a scroll.
trans/. 1593 NASHE 4 Lett. Confut. 63 Thy Father. . had
neuer the art to twilt vp such a grim triangle of hair as that.
.b. intr. To admit of being sewn as a quilt.
i6aa MARKHAM 5 Decades War x. 38 Buckram . . is too
stiffe and unplyable, by which means it will not quilt like
the other.
o. fig. To compile (a literary work) by putting
together scraps from various sources ; to join together
(extracts) as in a quilt.
In some cases the reference is to a : patchwork quilt cf.
QUILTED a.
1605 CAMDEN Rem. (1636) 14 It's quilted as it were out of
shreds of divers Poets. 1649 MILTON Eikon. i. Wks. (1851)
344 Manuals, and. Handmaids of Devotion,, .clapt together
and quilted out of Scripture phrases. 1891 Rev. of Rev.
510/2 Mrs. Ross quilts together numerous extracts.
d. To mark or seam with points or lines resem-
bling the stitching in a quilt.
17*0 GOLDSM. Cit. W. xlvi, A hateful
phiz, quilted into a
thousand seams by the hand of deformity. 1808 Sketches
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of Character (1813) I. 164 Poor Amelia ! cried Mrs. Pytt.
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she's terribly quilted [with smallpox].
8. To sew up (some object or material) between
two pieces of stuff, as in making a quilt.
1562 BULLEYN Bk. Simples (1579) 65 The Nutmegge .. is
holsome in plasters for the stomacke, quilted in Leather and
Sylke. 1634 T. JOHNSON Farcy's Chirurg. xxvi. xxxix.
(1678) 656 The powdefs . . must be sewed up or quilted in a
bag of Linnen or Taffaty. 1695 BLACKMORE Pr. Arth. ix.
361 Those that . . were found too light Quilt Lead into their
Belts to give them weight. 1745 BYROM Rem. (1857) 410
He had three guineas quilted in the flap of his waistcoat.
1891 W. D. HAMILTON Pref. St. Papers, Dam. Ser. 1645-47
p. ix, These secret despatches . . were carried by a woman
quilted up in a truss of linen.
fig. 1641 SIR E. DERING Sf.
on Relig. 54 Some of the
Protestant [Bishops] doe quilt a gentler sence into these
words.
4. intr. To make a quilt or quilts. U.S.
1861 MRS. STOWE Pearl Orr's /si. 21 Miss Roxy and Miss
Rucy.. could upholster and quilt. 1881 C. D. WARNER
Washington Irving iii. 32 A number of girls were quilting.
Quilt (kwilt), 0.2 dial. Also quilty. [Of un-
known origin : current in most S. and S.W. dialects.]
trans, and intr. To swallow.
to swallow". . used of swallowing in'the natural way, while
glutch is to swallow with difficulty.
Quilt (kwilt), v.3 dial, and U.S. Also twilt.
[Perh. a transf. use of QuiLT v.\ originating in the
common phr. to guilt one's jacket (cf. QUILT v. 1 i,
quot. 1630^%-.).] trans. To beat, thrash, flog.
1836 HALIBURTON Clockm. Ser. i. xix. (1837) 195 Your
Cumberland critters, . . the more you quilt them, the more
they wont go. 1851 R. S. SURTEES Sponge's Sp. Tour iii.
10 [He] quilted the old crocodile of a horse all the way.
Quilted (kwHted),///. a. [f. QUILT a.l + -ED!.]
1. Of cloth, a garment, etc. : Padded with some
soft substance held in position by being sewn as in
a quilt ; composed of several layers sewn together.
1533 ELYOT Cast. Helthe (1541) 79, 1 dyd throwe away my
quyfted cappe, and my other close bonettes. 1594 NASHE
Vnfort. Trait. 20 A round twilled Taylors for
cushion,
a target. 1681 Land. Gaz. No. 1739/4 A quilted Petticoat
of Lead-colour'd Sattin. 1768 STERNE Sent. Joiirn. (1778)
II. 97 (Temptation), Lined with a little bit of white quilted
sattm. i86g LIVINGSTONE Zambesi xx. 405 A present of a
quilted coverlet.
fb. ? Stuffed. Ots. rare- 1 .
1668 PEPYS Diary 26 Sept., I had two quilted pigeon.-,
very handsome and good meat.
2. Pieced or joined together, as in a quilt,
t Also transf. of a person.
eat Ball. 1877 LONGF. Keramos n O'er his features,
like a mask, The quilted sunshine and leaf-shade Moved.
1885 Pall Mall G. i Jan. 2/1 That is a modest programme
of quilted shreds and patches.
3. Covered with, or as with, a quilt or quilted
garments. Quilted grape : (see quot.).
1843 CARLYLE Past f, Pres. i. ii, All manner of quilted
trumpeters. 1845 Cromwell Introd. (i860 I. 78 Lord
Clarendon.. speaks always in official language; a clothed,
nay sometimes even quilted dialect. 1876 VOYLE & STEVEN-
SON Milit. Diet. 321/1 Quilted Grape, the old pattern grape
shot .. quilted with canvas, and tied so as to appear .. something
like a bunch of grapes.
4. Tossed in a quilt.
1881 DUFFIELD Don Quixote
hapless quilted one gave forth.
Hence t Qui-ltedly adv. Obs. rare-".
I. 210 The cries which the