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. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill and to rob. -- Sir T. Malroy.
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. -- Udall.
Pill beetle (Zool.), Any small beetle of the genus Byrrhus, having a rounded body, with the head concealed beneath the thorax.
Pill bug (Zool.), Any terrestrial isopod of the genus Armadillo, having the habit of rolling itself into a ball when disturbed. Called also pill wood louse.
Pill (n.) Something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size.
Pill (n.) A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab].
Pill (n.) A unpleasant or tiresome person.
Pill (n.) Something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take."
Pill (n.) A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception [syn: pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant].
Pillage (n.) 搶劫，掠奪 [U]；掠奪物 [U] [C] The act of pillaging; robbery. -- Shak.
Pillage (n.) That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.
Which pillage they with merry march bring home. -- Shak.
Syn: Plunder; rapine; spoil; depredation.
Usage: {Pillage}, {Plunder}. Pillage refers particularly to the act of stripping the sufferers of their goods, while plunder refers to the removal of the things thus taken; but the words are freely interchanged.
Pillaged (imp. & p. p.) of Pillage.
Pillaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pillage.
Pillage (v. i.) 搶劫，掠奪 To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.
Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. -- Arbuthnot.
Pillage (v. i.) To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
They were suffered to pillage wherever they went. --Macaulay.
Pillage (n.) Goods or money obtained illegally [syn: {loot}, {booty}, {pillage}, {plunder}, {prize}, {swag}, {dirty money}]
Pillage (n.) The act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" [syn: {plundering}, {pillage}, {pillaging}]
Pillage (v.) Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: {plunder}, {despoil}, {loot}, {reave}, {strip}, {rifle}, {ransack}, {pillage}, {foray}].
Pillage (v. t.) 搶劫，掠奪 To strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder.
// The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
Pillage (v. t.) To take as booty.
Pillage (v. i.) To rob with open violence; take booty.
// Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing.
Pillage (n.) The act of plundering, especially in war.
Pillage (n.) Booty or spoil.
Pillager (n.) One who pillages.
Pillar (a.) (Mach.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.
Pillar (n.) [C] 柱，柱子；柱狀物（如水柱，石柱，氣柱等）；【喻】棟樑，臺柱；【建】墩；【礦】煤柱，礦柱 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.
Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. -- Gen. xxxv. 20.
The place . . . vast and proud, Supported by a hundred pillars stood. -- Dryden.
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. "You are a well-deserving pillar." -- Shak.
By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. -- Milton.
Pillar (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. [Obs.] -- Skelton.
Pillar (n.) (Man.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
From pillar to post, Hither and thither; to and fro; from one place or predicament to another; backward and forward. [Colloq.]
Pillar saint. See Stylite.
Pillars of the fauces. See Fauces, 1.
Pillar (n.) A fundamental principle or practice; "science eroded the pillars of superstition."
Pillar (n.) Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" [syn: column, tower, pillar].
Pillar (n.) A prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community" [syn: pillar, mainstay].
Pillar (n.) A vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) [syn: column, pillar].
Pillar (n.) (Architecture) A tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure [syn: column, pillar].
Pillar, () Used to support a building (Judg. 16:26, 29); as a trophy or memorial (Gen. 28:18; 35:20; Ex. 24:4; 1 Sam. 15:12, A.V., "place," more correctly "monument," or "trophy of victory," as in 2 Sam. 18:18); of fire, by which the Divine Presence was manifested (Ex. 13:2). The "plain of the pillar" in Judg. 9:6 ought to be, as in the Revised Version, the "oak of the pillar", i.e., of the monument or stone set up by Joshua (24:26).
Pillar-block (n.) See under Pillow.
Pillared (a.) Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars. "The pillared arches." -- Sir W. Scott. "Pillared flame." -- Thomson.
Pillared (a.) Having pillars; "the pillared portico."
Pillaret (n.) A little pillar. [R.] -- Fuller.
Pillarist (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) See Stylite.
Compare: Stylite
Stylite (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint.
The two other holy men in Gregory's narrative had more exotic origins than the pair that has just been seen. Gregory encountered one of them when on a journey to the north-eastern parts of the Frankish kingdom. This was a Lombard, named Vulfolaic, who had spent some years in the arduous exercise of being a stylite, the Christian equivalent of a flagpole sitter; in other words, Vulfolaic was a monk whose main austerity consisted in living on top of a pillar. By carrying out this feat in the rain, snow, and frost of the Moselle valley, Vulfolaic had convinced the local population to overthrow and abandon the idol of Diana to which they were addicted. -- Walter
Pillau (n.) An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter. [Written also pilau.]
Pilled (a.) Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald. [Obs.] "Pilled beard." -- Chaucer.
Pilled-garlic (n.) See Pilgarlic.
Piller (n.) One who pills or plunders. [Obs.]
Pilleries (n. pl. ) of Pillery.
Pillery (n.) Plunder; pillage. [Obs.] -- Daniel.
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.
His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. -- Spenser.
Pillion (n.) A saddle or seat behind the driver's saddle on a motorcycle, used by passengers.
Pillion (n.) A seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.
Pillorize (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory. [R.]
Pillories (n. pl. ) of Pillory.
Pillory (n.) 頸手枷，笑柄 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. -- Shak.
Pilloried (imp. & p. p.) of Pillory.
Pillorying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pillory.
Pillory (v. t.) 上頸手枷，使惹人嘲笑 To set in, or punish with, the pillory. "Hungering for Puritans to pillory." -- Macaulay.
Pillory (v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. -- Gladstone.
Pillory (n.) A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn.
Pillory (v.) Expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: {pillory}, {gibbet}].
Pillory (v.) Punish by putting in a pillory.
Pillory (v.) Criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: {savage}, {blast}, {pillory}, {crucify}].
Pillory, () punishment. wooden machine in which the neck of the culprit is inserted.
Pillory, () This punishment has been superseded by the adoption of the penitentiary system in most of the states. Vide 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 797. The punishment of standing in the pillory, so far as the same was provided by the laws of the United States, was abolished by the act of congress of February 27, 1839, s. 5. See Baxr. on the Stat. 48, note.
Pillory, (n.) A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction -- prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and blameless lives.
Pillowed (imp. & p. p.) of Pillow.
Pillowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pillow.
Pillow (v. t.) 把（頭）枕在，使靠在 [O] [（+on）]；成為……的枕頭；墊To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
Pillows his chin upon an orient wave. -- Milton.
Pillow (n.) [C] 枕頭；枕狀物；靠墊；【機】軸枕，墊座 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.
Pillow (n.) (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
Pillow (n.) (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
Pillow (n.) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Lace pillow, A cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
Pillow bier [OE. pilwebere; cf. LG. b["u]re a pillowcase], A pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Pillow block (Mach.), A block, or standard, for supporting a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also pillar block, or plumber block.
Pillow lace, Handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow.
Pillow of a plow, A crosspiece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam.
Pillow sham, An ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use.
Pillow slip, A pillowcase.
Pillow (n.) A cushion to support the head of a sleeping person.
Pillow (v.) Rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn: pillow, rest].
Pillow (v. i.) 枕著頭；靠 [（+on）] To rest as on a pillow.
Pillowcase (n.) A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.
Pillowcase (n.) Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip].
Pillowed (a.) Provided with a pillow or pillows; having the head resting on, or as on, a pillow.
Pillowedon buckler cold and hard. -- Sir W. Scott.
Pillowy (a.) Like a pillow. -- Keats.
Pill-willet (n.) (Zool.) The willet.
Compare: Willet
Willet (n.) (Zool.) A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
Carolina willet, The Hudsonian godwit.
Pillworm (n.) (Zool.) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.
Pillwort (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass.
Pillwort (n.) European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps [syn: pillwort, Pilularia globulifera].
Pilocarpine (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi ({Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.
Pilocarpine (n.) Cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma.
Pilose (a.) Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering. -- Owen.
Pilose (a.) (Zool.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
Pilose (a.) (Bot.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.
Pilose (a.) Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones [syn: pilous, pilose, pilary].
Pilosity (n.) The quality or state of being pilose; hairiness. -- Bacon.
Pilosity (n.) The quality of having hair [syn: hairiness, pilosity] [ant: hairlessness].
Pilot (n.) (Naut.) 飛行員，領航員，航船者，響導，領導人 One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman. -- Dryden.
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. [U.S.]
Pilot (n.) (A["e]ronautics) One who flies, or is qualified to fly, an airplane, balloon, or other flying machine.
Pilot (n.) (Mach.) A short plug at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool. Pilots are sometimes made interchangeable.
Pilot (n.) (Mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
Pilot (n.) (Television) a filmed or taped episode of a proposed television series, produced as an example of the series.
It may be shown only to those television broadcast executives who may decide whether to buy the rights to the series, or aired to test viewer reaction or to interest sponsors. Also called pilot film or pilot tape.
Pilot balloon, A small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.
Pilot bird. (Zool.) (a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; -- so called because its presence indicates to mariners their
approach to these islands. -- Crabb.
Pilot
bird. (Zool.) (b)
The black-bellied plover. [Local, U.S.]
Pilot boat, A strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and receive
pilots as they board and leave vessels.
Pilot bread, Ship biscuit.
Pilot cloth, A coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats.
Pilot engine, A locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear.
Pilot fish. (Zool) (a) A pelagic carangoid fish ({Naucrates ductor); -- so named because it is often seen in company with a
shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark.
Pilot fish. (Zool) (b) The rudder fish ({Seriola zonata).
Pilot jack, A flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a pilot.
Pilot jacket, A pea jacket.
Pilot nut (Bridge Building), A conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole. - Waddell.
Pilot snake (Zool.) (a) A large North American snake ({Coluber obsoleus). It is lustrous black, with white edges to some of the scales. Called also mountain black snake.
Pilot snake (Zool.) (b) The pine snake.
Pilot whale. (Zool.) Same as Blackfish, 1.
Piloted (imp. & p. p.) of Pilot.
Piloting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pilot.
Pilot (v. t.) 領航，駕駛，引導 To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.
Pilot (v. t.) Figuratively: To guide, as through dangers or difficulties. "The art of piloting a state." -- Berkeley.
Pilot (v. t.) (A["e]ronautics) To fly, or act as pilot of (an aircraft); to operate (an airplane).
Compare: Cowcatcher
Cowcatcher (n.) A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]
Syn: fender, buffer, pilot.
Pilot (n.) Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight [syn: pilot, airplane pilot].
Pilot (n.) A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor.
Pilot (n.) A program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors [syn: pilot program, pilot film, pilot].
Pilot (n.) Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" [syn: original, archetype, pilot].
Pilot (n.) Small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner [syn: pilot burner, pilot light, pilot].
Pilot (n.) An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot].
Pilot (v.) Operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly, aviate, pilot].
Pilot (v.) Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" [syn: navigate, pilot].
PILOT, () Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching. CAI language, many
versions. "Guide to 8080 PILOT", J. Starkweather, Dr Dobb's J
(Apr 1977).
PILOT, () mer. law. This word has two meanings. It signifies, first, an officer serving on board of a ship during the course of a voyage, and having the charge of the helm and of the ship's route; and, secondly, an officer authorized by law, who is taken on board at a particular place, for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road or channel, or from or into port.
PILOT, () Pilots of the second description are established by legislative enactments at the principal seaports in this country, and have rights, and are bound to perform duties, agreeably to the provisions of the several laws establishing them.
PILOT, () Pilots have been established in all maritime countries. After due trial and experience of their qualifications, they are licensed to offer themselves as guides in difficult navigation; and they are usually, on the other hand, bound to obey the call of a ship-master to exercise their functions. Abbott on Ship. 180; 1 John R. 305; 4 Dall. 205; 2 New R. 82; 5 Rob. Adm. Rep. 308; 6 Rob. Adm. R. 316; Laws of Oler. art. 23; Molloy, B. 2, c. 9, s. 3 and 7; Wesk. Ins. 395; Act of Congress of 7th August, 1789, s. 4; Merl. Repert. h.t.; Pardessus, n. 637.
Pilot (a.) 引導的，控制的 Serving as an experimental or trial undertaking prior to full-scale operation or use.
// A pilot project.
Pilotage (n.) 領航，駕駛，領航費 The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Pilotage (n.) The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
Pilotage (n.) Guidance, as by a pilot. -- Sir W. Scott.
Pilotage (n.) The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place [syn: navigation, pilotage, piloting].
Pilotage (n.) The occupation of a pilot [syn: piloting, pilotage].
PILOTAGE, () contracts. The compensation given to a pilot for conducting a vessel in or out of port. Poth. Des Avaries, n. 147.
PILOTAGE, () Pilotage is a lien on the ship, when the contract has been made by the master or quasi master of the ship, or some other person lawfully authorized to make it; 1 Mason, R. 508; and the admiralty court has jurisdiction, when services have been performed at sea. Id.; 10 Wheat. 428; 6 Pet. 682; 10 Pet. 108; and see 1 Pet. Adm. Dec. 227.
Pilotism (n.) Alt. of Pilotry.
Pilotry (n.) Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot. [R.] Pilot lamp
Pilour (n.) A piller; a plunderer. [Obs.]
Pilous (a.) See Pilose.
Pilous (a.) Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones [syn: pilous, pilose, pilary].
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. [R.] -- G. Eliot.
Pilwe (n.) A pillow. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Pily (a.) (Zool.) Like pile or wool.
Pimaric (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in galipot, and isomeric with abietic acid.
Pimelic (a.) (Chem.) 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.) (Chem.) Designating the acid proper ({C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.
Pimelite (n.) (Min.) 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. [Obs.]
Pimenta (n.) (Bot.) Same as Pimento.
Pimenta (n.) Allspice tree [syn: Pimenta, genus Pimenta]
Pimento (n.) (Bot.) Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.
Pimento (n.) same as pimiento.
Pimiento (n.) [Sp.] The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.; also the fruit itself. Also called pimento.
Pimento (n.) Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers [syn: sweet pepper,
bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum].
Pimento (n.) Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked [syn: pimento, pimiento].
Compare: Friar
Friar (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.
Friar (n.) (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
Friar (n.) (Zool.) An American fish; the silversides.
Friar bird (Zool.), An Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also coldong, leatherhead, pimlico; poor soldier, and four-o'clock. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus.
Friar's balsam (Med.), A stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. -- Brande & C.
Friar's cap (Bot.), The monkshood.
Friar's cowl (Bot.), An arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare"> Friar's cowl (Bot.), An arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare)
with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.
Friar's lantern, The ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. -- Milton.
Friar skate (Zool.), The European white or sharpnosed skate ({Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, border ray, scad, and doctor.
Pimlico (n.) (Zool.) The friar bird.
Pimlico (n.) A racetrack for thoroughbred racing; site of the Preakness
Pimp (n.) One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. -- Swift.
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. -- Dryden.
Pimp (n.) Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce].
Pimp (v.) Arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: pander, pimp, procure].
Pimpernel (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species ({Anagallis arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather.
Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed.
Pimpernel (n.) European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads [syn: salad burnet, burnet bloodwort, pimpernel, Poterium sanguisorba].
Pimpernel (n.) Any of several plants of the genus Anagallis.
Pimpillo (n.) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear ({Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
Pimpinel (n.) (Bot.) The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.
Pimping (a.) Little; petty; pitiful. [Obs.] -- Crabbe.
Pimping (a.) Puny; sickly. [Local, U.S.]
Pimple (n.) (Med.) Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not. "All eyes can see a pimple on her nose." -- Pope.
Pimple (n.) Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple. "A pimple that portends a future sprout." -- Cowper.
Pimple (n.) A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne [syn: pimple, hickey, zit].
Pimpled (a.) Having pimples. -- Johnson.
Pimpled (a.) (Of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin [syn: acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate].
Pimply (a.) Pimpled.
Pimply (a.) (Of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin [syn: acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate].
Pimpship (n.) The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp. [R.]
Pin (v. t.) (Metal Working) 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.
With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast. -- Milton.
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.
He . . . did not care a pin for her. -- Spectator.