quelling
         n 1: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
               "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the
               rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn:
               {suppression}, {crushing}, {quelling}, {stifling}]

English Dictionary: quelling	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quellung n the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung" Synonym(s): quellung, quellung reaction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quellung reaction n the swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms; "pneumococcus quellung" Synonym(s): quellung, quellung reaction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quail \Quail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Qualled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Qualling}.] [AS. cwelan to die, perish; akin to cwalu       violent death, D. kwaal pain, G. qual torment, OHG. quelan to       suffer torment, Lith. gelti to hurt, gela pain. Cf. {Quell}.]       1. To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade. [Obs.]             --Spenser.          2. To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under             trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and             power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to             shrink; to cower.                         The atheist power shall quail, and confess his                      fears. I. Taylor. Stouter hearts than a woman's have                      quailed in this terrible winter.         --Longfellow.          Syn: to cower; flinch; shrink; quake; tremble; blench;                succumb; yield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualmish \Qualm"ish\, a.       Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor;       inclined to vomit. --Shak. -- {Qualm"ish*ly}, adv. --       {Qualm"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualmish \Qualm"ish\, a.       Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor;       inclined to vomit. --Shak. -- {Qualm"ish*ly}, adv. --       {Qualm"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Qualmish \Qualm"ish\, a.       Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor;       inclined to vomit. --Shak. -- {Qualm"ish*ly}, adv. --       {Qualm"ish*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quell \Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Quelling}.] [See {Quail} to cower.]       1. To die. [Obs.]                         Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.]                         Winter's wrath begins to quell.         --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quilling \Quill"ing\, n.       (a) A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or             plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills.       (b) One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quill \Quill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Quilling}.]       1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings;             as, to quill a ruffle.                         His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --Goldsmith.          2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --Judd.