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QUILTING
QUILTING, (kulcht, Dutch) the operation of weaving a sort of coat, or texture, formed of the strands of rope, about the outside of any vessel, to contain water, &c. as a jar, cast, bottle, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 228, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1022.html