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One who pills or plunders. [Obs.]

Plunder; pillage. [Obs.] Daniel.

cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride. His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser.

To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory. [R.]

To set in, or punish with, the pillory. "Hungering for Puritans to pillory." Macaulay.

Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material. [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. Shak.

Lace made by hand with bobbins on a pillow.

A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.

Provided with a pillow or pillows; having the head resting on, or as on, a pillow. Pillowedon buckler cold and hard. Sir W. Scott.

Like a pillow. Keats.

myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.

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

Same as Pilon. [Texas]

A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.

Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil. Barton.

Having a pistil or pistils; -- usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.

The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Same as Archegonium.

Pistillate.

The metamorphosis of other organs into pistils.