Definition of pile

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Pile (n.) A covering of hair or fur.

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Antepileptic :: Antepileptic (n.) A medicine for epilepsy.
Cord :: Cord (v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord..
Ram :: Ram (n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like..
Wale :: Wale (n.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
Epilepsy :: Epilepsy (n.) The falling sickness, so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles..
Three-pile :: Three-pile (n.) An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile..
Heap :: Heap (n.) A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones..
Diagometer :: Diagometer (n.) A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power..
Pilewort :: Pilewort (n.) A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnaeus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.
Thermobattery :: Thermobattery (n.) A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.
Nap :: Nap (n.) The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet..
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
Pileus :: Pileus (n.) A kind of skull cap of felt.
Tabasheer :: Tabasheer (n.) A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases..
Hummock :: Hummock (n.) A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
Pile :: Pile (v. t.) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
Thermopile :: Thermopile (n.) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat..
Punch :: Punch (n.) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
Pily :: Pily (a.) Like pile or wool.
Pileate :: Pileate (a.) Alt. of Pileate.
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