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Pigeon (?), v. t. To pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling. [Slang] Smart.
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He's pigeoned and undone. Observer.
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Pigeon-breasted (?), a. Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.
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Pigeonfoot (?), n. (Bot.) The dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle).
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Pigeon-hearted (?), a. Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.
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Pigeonhole (?), n. A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote. Burke.
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Pigeonhole, v. t. To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.
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Pigeon-livered (?), a. Pigeon-hearted.
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Pigeonry (?), n. A place for pigeons; a dovecote.
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Pigeontoed (?), a. Having the toes turned in.
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Pigeonwing (?), n. 1. A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
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2. An old mode of dressing men's side hair in a form likened to a pigeon's wings; also, a wig similarly shaped.
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3. (Dancing) A fancy step executed by jumping and striking the legs together; as, to cut a pigeonwing.
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4. A certain fancy figure in skating.
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5. (Tempering) A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.
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Pig-eyed (?), a. Having small, deep-set eyes.
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Pigfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of salt-water grunts; -- called also hogfish. (b) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes.
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Pigfoot (?), n. (Zoöl.) A marine fish (Scorpæna porcus), native of Europe. It is reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black.
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Pigg (?), n. A piggin. See 1st . Sir W. Scott.
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Piggery (?), n.; pl. Piggeries (�). A place where swine are kept.
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Piggin (?), n. [Scot.; cf. Gael. pigean, dim. of pigeadh, pige, an earthen jar, pitcher, or pot, Ir. pigin, pighead, W. piccyn.] A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper.
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Piggish (?), a. Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.
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Pig-headed (?), a. Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. B. Jonson. -- Pig-headedness, n.
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Pight (?), imp. & p. p. of , to throw; -- used also adjectively. Pitched; fixed; determined. [Obs.]
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[His horse] pight him on the pommel of his head. Chaucer.
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I found him pight to do it. Shak.
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Pightel (?), n. [Cf. , .] A small inclosure. [Written also pightle.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Pig-jawed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.
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Pigmean (?), a. See .
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Pigment (?), n. [L. pigmentum, fr. the root of pingere to paint: cf. F. pigment. See , and cf. , .] 1. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.
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2. (Physiol.) Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
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3. Wine flavored with species and honey. Sir W. Scott.
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Coloq. Pigment cell (Physiol.), a small cell containing coloring matter, as the pigmented epithelial cells of the choroid and iris, or the pigmented connective tissue cells in the skin of fishes, reptiles, etc.
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{ Pigmental (?), Pigmentary (?), } a. Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments. Dunglison.
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Coloq. Pigmentary degeneration (Med.), a morbid condition in which an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues.
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Pigmentation (?), n. (Physiol.) A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.
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Pigmented (?), a. Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.
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Pigmentous (?), a. Pigmental.
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Pigmy (?), n. See .
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Coloq. Pigmy falcon . (Zoöl.) Same as , 2 (a).
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Pignerate (?), v. t. [L. pigneratus, p. p. of pignerate to pledge.] 1. To pledge or pawn. [Obs.]
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2. to receive in pawn, as a pawnbroker does. [Obs.]
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Pignoration (?), n. [LL. pignoratio, L. pigneratio, fr. pignerate to pledge, fr. pignus, gen. -ous and -eris, a pledge, a pawn: cf. F. pignoration.] 1. The act of pledging or pawning.
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2. (Civil Law) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made. Burrill.
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Pignorative (?), a. [Cf. F. pignoratif.] Pledging, pawning. [R.]
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Pignus (?), n.; pl. Pignora (#). [L.] (Rom. Law) A pledge or pawn.
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Pignut (pĭgnŭt), n. (Bot.) (a) See (d). (b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra syn. Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.
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Pigpen (pĭgpĕn), n. A pen, or sty, for pigs.
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Pigskin (pĭgskĭn), n. 1. The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.
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2. A football; -- so called because the covering is often made of pigskin. [Colloq.]
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Pigsney (?), n. [Perh. a dim. of Dan. pige a girl, or Sw. piga; or from E. pig's eye.] A word of endearment for a girl or woman. [Obs.] [Written also pigsnie, pigsny, etc.] Chaucer.
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Pig-sticking (?), n. Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. [Colloq.] Tackeray.
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Pigsty (?), n.; pl. Pigsties (�). A pigpen.
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Pigtail (?), n. 1. The tail of a pig.
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2. (Hair Dressing) A cue, or queue. J. & H. Smith.
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3. A kind of twisted chewing tobacco.
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The tobacco he usually cheweth, called pigtail. Swift.
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Pigtailed (?), a. Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon.
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Pigweed (?), n. (Bot.) A name of several annual weeds. See , and .
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Pigwidgeon (?), n. [Written also pigwidgin and pigwiggen.] A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.
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Pika (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of tailless rodents of the genus Ochotona (formerly Lagomys), resembling small rabbits, but with short ears alnd legs. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare and rock rabbit. See .
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Pike (?), n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus woodpecker (see magpie), and E. spike. Cf. , n. & v., , .] 1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.
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2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. Beau. & Fl.
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3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
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4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Raymond.
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5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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7. A turnpike; a toll bar. Dickens.
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8. (Zoöl.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.
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☞ Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the wall-eye. See .
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Coloq. Gar pike . See under . -- Coloq. Pike perch (Zoöl.), any fresh-water fish of the genus Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See , and . -- Coloq. Pike pole , a long pole with a pike in one end, used in directing floating logs. -- Coloq. Pike whale (Zoöl.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic (Balænoptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also piked whale. -- Coloq. Sand pike (Zoöl.), the lizard fish. -- Coloq. Sea pike (Zoöl.), the garfish (a).
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Piked (?), a. Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed. “With their piked targets bearing them down.” Milton.
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Pike-devant (?), n. [Pike point (fr. F. pique) + F. devant before.] A pointed beard. [Obs.]
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{ Pikelet (?), Pikelin (?), } n. A light, thin cake or muffin. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
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Pikeman (?), n.; pl. Pikeman (�). 1. A soldier armed with a pike. Knolles.
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2. A miner who works with a pick. Beaconsfield.
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3. A keeper of a turnpike gate. T. Hughes.
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Pikestaff (?), n. 1. The staff, or shaft, of a pike.
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2. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. Sir W. Scott.
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Piketail (?), n. (Zoöl.) See , 1.
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Pikrolite (?), n. (Min.) See .
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Pilage (?), n. See .
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Pilaster (?), n. [F. pilastre, It. pilastro, LL. pilastrum, fr. L. pila a pillar. See .] (Arch.) An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See , 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less.
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Pilastered (?), a. Furnished with pilasters.
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Pilau (?), n. See .
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Pilch (?), n. [AS. pylce, pylece, LL. pellicia. See , and skin.] A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur. [Obs.]
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Pilchard (?), n. [Cf. It. pilseir, W. pilcod minnows.] (Zoöl.) A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England.
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Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings. Shak.
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Pilcher (?), n. [From .] A scabbard, as of a sword. [Obs.] Shak.
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Pilcher, n. (Zoöl.) The pilchard.
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Pilcrow (?), n. [A corruption of .] (Print.) a paragraph mark, ¶. [Obs.] Tusser.
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Pile (?), n. [L. pilus hair. Cf. .] 1. A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.
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Velvet soft, or plush with shaggy pile. Cowper.
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2. (Zoöl.) A covering of hair or fur.
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Pile, n. [L. pilum javelin. See a stake.] The head of an arrow or spear. [Obs.] Chapman.
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Pile, n. [AS. pīl arrow, stake, L. pilum javelin; but cf. also L. pila pillar.] 1. A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
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☞ Tubular iron piles are now much used.
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2. [Cf. F. pile.] (Her.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
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Coloq. Pile bridge , a bridge of which the roadway is supported on piles. -- Coloq. Pile cap , a beam resting upon and connecting the heads of piles. -- Coloq. Pile driver , or Coloq. Pile engine , an apparatus for driving down piles, consisting usually of a high frame, with suitable appliances for raising to a height (by animal or steam power, the explosion of gunpowder, etc.) a heavy mass of iron, which falls upon the pile. -- Coloq. Pile dwelling . See Lake dwelling, under . -- Coloq. Pile plank (Hydraul. Eng.), a thick plank used as a pile in sheet piling. See Sheet piling, under . -- Coloq. Pneumatic pile . See under . -- Coloq. Screw pile , one with a screw at the lower end, and sunk by rotation aided by pressure.
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Pile, v. t. To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
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Coloq. To sheet-pile , to make sheet piling in or around. See Sheet piling, under 2nd .
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Pile, n. [F. pile, L. pila a pillar, a pier or mole of stone. Cf. .] 1. A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.
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2. A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot.
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3. A funeral pile; a pyre. Dryden.
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4. A large building, or mass of buildings.
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The pile o'erlooked the town and drew the fight. Dryden.
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5. (Iron Manuf.) Same as , n., 2.
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6. (Elec.) A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
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☞ The term is sometimes applied to other forms of apparatus designed to produce a current of electricity, or as synonymous with battery; as, for instance, to an apparatus for generating a current of electricity by the action of heat, usually called a thermopile.
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7. [F. pile pile, an engraved die, L. pila a pillar.] The reverse of a coin. See .
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Coloq. Cross and pile . See under . -- Coloq. Dry pile . See under .
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Pile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Piling.] 1. To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; -- often with up; as, to pile up wood. “Hills piled on hills.” Dryden. “Life piled on life.” Tennyson.
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The labor of an age in piled stones. Milton.
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2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
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Coloq. To pile arms Coloq. To pile muskets (Mil.), to place three guns together so that they may stand upright, supporting each other; to stack arms.
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{ Pileate (?), Pileated (?), } a. [L. pileatus, fr. pileus a felt cap or hat.] 1. Having the form of a cap for the head.
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2. (Zoöl.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head.
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Coloq. Pileated woodpecker (Zoöl.), a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock.
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Piled (?), a. [From 2d .] Having a pile or point; pointed. [Obs.] “Magus threw a spear well piled.” Chapman.
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Piled, a. [From 1d .] Having a pile or nap. “Three-piled velvet.” L. Barry (1611).
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Piled, a. [From 6d .] (Iron Manuf.) Formed from a pile or fagot; as, piled iron.
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Pileiform (?), a. [Pileus + -form.] Having the form of a pileus or cap; pileate.
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Pilement (?), n. [From to lay into a heap.] An accumulation; a heap. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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