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pill
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pill \Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim. of L. pila a ball. Cf. Piles.] 1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole. [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured. --Udall. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pill \Pill\, n. [Cf. Peel skin, or Pillion.] The peel or skin. [Obs.] "Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts." --Holland. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pill \Pill\, v. i. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pill \Pill\, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E.
pill, n. (above).]
1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.]
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2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
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[Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pill \Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pilling.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take. Cf. Peel to plunder.] To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See Peel, to plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill and to rob. --Sir T. Malroy. [1913 Webster]
