Quilled vs Quilly - What's the difference?
quilled | quilly |
having quills or similar structures
* 1594 , , Henry VI, Part 2 , Act III, Scene I:
* 2010 , T. Lloyd Winetsky, Maria Juana's Gift: A Novel , Sunstone Press (2010), ISBN 978-0-86534-779-3,
* 2011 , Alesa Corrin, Jonathan: The Griffin Prince , AuthorHouse (2011), ISBN 978-1-4567-4091-7,
(of a flower) having long, narrow petals or florets
* 1889 , William Robinson, The English Flower Garden: Style, Position, And Arrangement , John Murray (1899),
created through the process of quilling
(of fabric) having small, rounded folds
* 1844 , , Memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen, Volume 1 , R. Bentley (1844),
* 1909 , Henry C. Shelley, Inns and Taverns of Old London , L.C. Page and Company (1909):
decorated with quillwork
(quill)
With quills; quilled.
* 2005 , Jean M. Thompson, Wild Kindred of Fur, Feather and Fin (page 79)
As adjectives the difference between quilled and quilly
is that quilled is having quills or similar structures while quilly is with quills; quilled.As a verb quilled
is (quill).quilled
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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;
page 148:
- He leaned down to inspect a white-quilled cactus, and then spotted a different kind with skinnier branches and only a few drab spines.
page 234:
- A quilled lionfish was face to face with a saurian moray eel, sizing it up before swimming on.
page 291:
- 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 […]
page 169:
- 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.
Verb
(head)quilly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- sometimes you may even run across a quilly ball lying right on top of the ledge, or catch one of the numerous porcupine family picking its way leisurely among the rocks.