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See Picrolite.

See Pelage.

An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less.…

Furnished with pilasters.

See Pillau.

A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur. [Obs.]

A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England. Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings. Shak.

The pilchard.

a paragraph mark, . [Obs.] Tusser.

he nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet. Velvet soft, or plush with shaggy pile. Cowper.

Having the pile worn off; threadbare.

Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head. Pileated woodpecker (Zoöl.), a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.

Having a pile or point; pointed. [Obs.] "Magus threw a spear well piled." Chapman.

Having the form of a pileus or cap; pileate.

An accumulation; a heap. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried.

A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.

Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.

One who places things in a pile.

The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids.