quilled
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1QUILLED + NOUN
lionfish
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adj
Having quills or similar structures.
In Ireland have I seen this stubborn Cade Oppose himself against a troop of kerns, And fought so long till that his thighs with darts Were almost like a sharp-quill'd porpentine;
He leaned down to inspect a white-quilled cactus, and then spotted a different kind with skinnier branches and only a few drab spines.
Having long, narrow petals or florets.
In the wild state the flowers are single—that is to say, only the outer florets are strap-shaped, and usually of a rosy-lilac tint, with yellowish disc florets; but under cultivation, all the florets have become ligulate or quilled […]
Created through the process of quilling.
Having small, rounded folds.
Round the throat is a ruff of white muslin, quilled in large reverse plaids; […]
He insensibly began to alter his appearance; his cravat seemed quilled into a ruff, and his breeches swelled out into a farlingale. I now fancied him changing sexes; and as my eyes began to close in slumber, I imagined my fat landlord actually converted into as fat a landlady.
Decorated with quillwork.
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3In Ireland have I seen this stubborn Cade Oppose himself against a troop of kerns, And fought so long till that his thighs with darts Were almost like a sharp-quill'd porpentine;
WiktionaryHe leaned down to inspect a white-quilled cactus, and then spotted a different kind with skinnier branches and only a few drab spines.
WiktionaryA quilled lionfish was face to face with a saurian moray eel, sizing it up before swimming on.
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