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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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A covering of hair or fur. |
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The head of an arrow or spear. |
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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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One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a
wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost. |
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To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen
with piles. |
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A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of
stones; a pile of wood. |
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A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot. |
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A funeral pile; a pyre. |
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A large building, or mass of buildings. |
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Same as Fagot, n., 2. |
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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 reverse of a coin. See Reverse. |
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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. |
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To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or
overfill; to load. |
