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Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass.

An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.

A conical loaf of sugar.

Same as Pilon. [Texas]

Same as Pilon. [Texas]

Hairy; full of, or made of, hair. The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering. Owen.

The quality or state of being pilose; hairiness. Bacon.

The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.] Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind. -- Pilot bird. (Zoöl.) (a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; - - so called because its presence indicates to mariners their approach to these islands. Crabb. (b) T…

A small, unmanned balloon sent up to indicate the direction of air currents.

The flag hoisted at the fore by a vessel desiring a pilot, in the United States the union jack, in Great Britain the British union jack with a white border.

A small incandescent telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit to show approximately by its brightness the voltage of the current.

A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand.

A wheel, usually with radial handles projecting from the rim, for traversing the saddle of a machine tool, esp. an automatic machine tool, by hand.

The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot. [R.]

A piller; a plunderer. [Obs.]

See Pilose.

rating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, esp. in Talmudic study. -- Pil"pul*ist (#), n. --Pil`pul*is"tic (#), a.

An insect that flies into a flame.

Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or pills; as, a pilular mass.