Quilled \Quilled\, a.
Furnished with quills; also, shaped like quills. ``A
sharp-quilled porcupine.'' --Shak.
{Quilled suture} (Surg.), a variety of stitch in which the
threads after being passed deeply through the edges of a
wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar
shape, in order to produce a suitable degree of pressure.