Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pilcher

Pilch″er (?), n. [From Pilch.] A scabbard, as of a sword. Shak.

4322

Pilcher (2)

Pilch″er, n.(Zoöl.) The pilchard.

4323

Pilcrow

Pil″crow (?), n. [A corruption of Paragraph.] (Print.) a paragraph mark, ¶. Tusser.

4324

Pile

Pile (?), n. [L. pilus hair. Cf. Peruke.] 1. A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.Velvet soft, o...

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Pile (2)

Pile, n. [L. pilum javelin. See Pile a stake.] The head of an arrow or spear. Chapman.

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Pile (3)

Pile, n. [AS. pīl arrow, stake, L. pilum javelin; but cf. also L. pila pillar.] 1. A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a ri...

4327

Pile (4)

Pile, v. t. To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.To sheet-pile, to make sheet piling in or around. See Sheet piling, under 2nd Piling.

4328

Pile (5)

Pile, n. [F. pile, L. pila a pillar, a pier or mole of stone. Cf. Pillar.] 1. A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.2. A mass formed in ...

4329

Pile (6)

Pile, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Piled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Piling.] 1. To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; — often with up;...

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Pile-worn

Pile″–worn′ (?), a. Having the pile worn off; threadbare.

4331

Pileate

{ Pi″le‐ate (?), Pi″le‐a′ted (?), } a. [L. pileatus, fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.] 1. Having the form of a cap for the head.2. (Zoöl.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or wh...

4332

Piled

Piled (?), a. [From 2d Pile.] Having a pile or point; pointed. “Magus threw a spear well piled.” Chapman.

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Piled (2)

Piled, a. [From 1d Pile.] Having a pile or nap. “Three-piled velvet.” L. Barry (1611).

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Piled (3)

Piled, a. [From 6d Pile.] (Iron Manuf.) Formed from a pile or fagot; as, piled iron.

4335

Pileiform

Pi‐le″i‐form (?), a. [Pileus + -form.] Having the form of a pileus or cap; pileate.

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Pilement

Pile″ment (?), n. [From Pile to lay into a heap.] An accumulation; a heap. Bp. Hall.

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Pilentum

‖Pi‐len″tum (?), n.; pl.Pilenta (#). (Rom. Antiq.) An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried.

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Pileorhiza

‖Pi′le‐o‐rhi″za (?), n.; pl.Pilorhizæ (#). (Bot.) A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.

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Pileous

Pi″le‐ous (?), a. [See Pilous.] Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.

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Piler

Pil″er (?), n. One who places things in a pile.

4341

Piles

Piles (?), n. pl. [L. pila a ball. Cf. Pill a medicine.] (Med.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically call...

4342

Pileus

Pi″le‐us (?), n.; pl.Pilei (#). 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of skull cap of felt.2. (Bot.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.3. (Zoöl.) The top of the he...

4343

Pileworm

Pile″worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The teredo.

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Pilewort

Pile″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnæus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles. Forsyth.

4345

Pilfer

Pil″fer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Pilfered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pilfering.] [OF. pelfrer. See Pelf.] To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

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Pilfer (2)

Pil″fer, v. t. To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.And not a year but pilfers as he goesSome youthful grace that age would gladly keep. Cowper.

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Pilferer

Pil″fer‐er (?), n. One who pilfers; a petty thief.