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 (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 (a.) (Mach.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.
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.
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 (n. 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 (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.
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.
Pillory (v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
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}].
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.
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.) 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.
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.
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.) 飛行員，領航員，航船者，響導，領導人 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.) 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.
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.
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.) (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.