Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 64

Pilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pill

Pill (v. t. & i.) To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder.

Pill (n.) A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.

Pill (n.) Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.

Pillage (n.) The act of pillaging; robbery.

Pillage (n.) That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.

Pillaged (imp. & p. p.) of Pillage

Pillaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pillage

Pillage (v. i.) To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.

Pillage (v. i.) To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.

Pillager (n.) One who pillages.

Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.

Pillar (n.) Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.

Pillar (n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.

Pillar (n.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.

Pillar (a.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.

Pillar-block (n.) See under Pillow.

Pillared (a.) Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars.

Pillaret (n.) A little pillar.

Pillarist (n.) See Stylite.

Pillau (n.) An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter.

Pilled (a.) Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald.

Pilled-garlic (n.) See Pilgarlic.

Piller (n.) One who pills or plunders.

Pilleries (pl. ) of Pillery

Pillery (n.) Plunder; pillage.

Pillion (n.) A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride.

Pillorize (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory.

Pillories (pl. ) of Pillory

Pillory (n.) A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.

Pilloried (imp. & p. p.) of Pillory

Pillorying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pillory

Pillory (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory.

Pillory (v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.

Pillow (n.) 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.

Pillow (n.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.

Pillow (n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

Pillow (n.) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

Pillowed (imp. & p. p.) of Pillow

Pillowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pillow

Pillow (v. t.) To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.

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

Pillowed (a.) Provided with a pillow or pillows; having the head resting on, or as on, a pillow.

Pillowy (a.) Like a pillow.

Pill-willet (n.) The willet.

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

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

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

Pilose (a.) Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.

Pilose (a.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.

Pilose (a.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.

Pilosity (n.) The quality or state of being pilose; hairiness.

Pilot (n.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

Pilot (n.) Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees.

Pilot (n.) Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.

Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Pilot (n.) The cowcatcher of a locomotive.

Piloted (imp. & p. p.) of Pilot

Piloting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pilot

Pilot (v. t.) To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.

Pilot (v. t.) Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties.

Pilotage (n.) The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels.

Pilotage (n.) The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.

Pilotage (n.) Guidance, as by a pilot.

Pilotism (n.) Alt. of Pilotry

Pilotry (n.) Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot.

Pilour (n.) A piller; a plunderer.

Pilous (a.) See Pilose.

Pilser (n.) An insect that flies into a flame.

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

Pilulous (a.) Like a pill; small; insignificant.

Pilwe (n.) A pillow.

Pily (a.) Like pile or wool.

Pimaric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in galipot, and isomeric with abietic acid.

Pimelic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids.

Pimelic (a.) Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.

Pimelite (n.) An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a hydrous silicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron.

Piment (n.) Wine flavored with spice or honey. See Pigment, 3.

Pimenta (n.) Same as Pimento.

Pimento (n.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.

Pimlico (n.) The friar bird.

Pimp (n.) One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander.

Pimped (imp. & p. p.) of Pimp

Pimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pimp

Pimp (v. i.) To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander.

Pimpernel (n.) A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather.

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

Pimpinel (n.) The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.

Pimping (a.) Little; petty; pitiful.

Pimping (a.) Puny; sickly.

Pimple (n.) Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not.

Pimple (n.) Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.

Pimpled (a.) Having pimples.

Pimply (a.) Pimpled.

Pimpship (n.) The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp.

Pin (v. t.) To peen.

Pin (v. t.) To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

Pin (n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

Pin (n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

Pin (n.) Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

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