Webster's Dictionary 1913

4348

Pilfering

Pil″fer‐ing, a. Thieving in a small way. Shak. — n. Petty theft. — Pil″fer‐ing‐ly, adv.

4349

Pilfery

Pil″fer‐y (?), n. Petty theft. Sir T. North.

4350

Pilgarlic

Pil‐gar″lic (?), n. One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or one who is hardly used.

4351

Pilgrim

Pil″grim (?), n. [OE. pilgrim, pelgrim, pilegrim, pelegrim; cf. D. pelgrim, OHG. piligrīm, G. pilger, F. pèlerin, It. pellegrino; all fr. L. peregrinus a foreigner, fr. pereger ...

4352

Pilgrim (2)

Pil″grim, a. Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages. “With pilgrim steps.” Milton.Pilgrim fathers, a name popularly given to the one hundred and two Engl...

4353

Pilgrim (3)

Pil″grim, v. i. To journey; to wander; to ramble. Grew. Carlyle.

4354

Pilgrimage

Pil″grim‐age (?), n. [OE. pilgrimage, pelgrinage; cf. F. pèlerinage.] 1. The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig.,...

4355

Pilgrimize

Pil″grim‐ize (?), v. i. To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage. B. Jonson.

4356

Pilidium

‖Pi‐lid″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Pildia (#). (Zoöl.) The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops in ...

4357

Pilifera

‖Pi‐lif″e‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Piliferous.] (Zoöl.) Same as Mammalia.

4358

Piliferous

Pi‐lif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. pilus hair + -ferous: cf. F. pilifère.] 1. Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair.2. Beset with hairs.

4359

Piliform

Pil″i‐form (?), a. [L. pilus hair + -form.] (Bot.) Resembling hairs or down.

4360

Piligerous

Pi‐lig″er‐ous (?), a. [L. pilus hair + -gerous: cf. F. piligère.] Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.

4361

Piling

Pil″ing (?), n. [See Pile a heap.] 1. The act of heaping up.2. (Iron Manuf.) The process of building up, heating, and working, fagots, or piles, to form bars, etc.

4362

Piling (2)

Pil″ing, n. [See Pile a stake.] A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.Pug piling, sheet piles connected together at the edges by dovetaile...

4363

Pill

Pill (?), n. [Cf. Peel skin, or Pillion.] The peel or skin. “Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts.” Holland.

4364

Pill (2)

Pill, v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

4365

Pill (3)

Pill, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E. pill, n. (above).] 1. To deprive of hair; to make bald.2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.pilled white streaks... in ...

4366

Pill (4)

Pill (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Pilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pilling.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take. Cf. Peel to plunder.] To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to ...

4367

Pill (5)

Pill (?), n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim. of L. pila a ball. Cf. Piles.] 1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whol...

4368

Pill-willet

Pill″–wil′let (?), n.(Zoöl.) The willet.

4369

Pillage

Pil″lage (?), n. [F., fr. piller to plunder. See Pill to plunder.] 1. The act of pillaging; robbery. Shak.2. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particular...

4370

Pillage (2)

Pil″lage, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Pillaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pillaging (?).] To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the cam...

4371

Pillage (3)

Pil″lage, v. i. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.They were suffered to pillage wherever they went. Macaulay.

4372

Pillager

Pil″la‐ger (?), n. One who pillages. Pope.

4373

Pillar

Pil″lar (?), n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See Pile a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated suppo...

4374

Pillar (2)

Pil″lar, a.(Mach.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.