dial. and U.S. Also twilt. [Perh. a transf. use of QUILT v.1, originating in the common phr. to quilt one’s jacket (cf. QUILT v.1 1, quot. 1630 fig.).] trans. To beat, thrash, flog.

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1836.  Haliburton, Clockm., Ser. I. xix. (1837), 195. Your Cumberland critters,… the more you quilt them, the more they wont go.

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1852.  R. S. Surtees, Sponge’s Sp. Tour, iii. 10. [He] quilted the old crocodile of a horse all the way.

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