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Piggin

A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper.

Piggish

Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy.

Pight

Pitched; fixed; determined.

Pigment

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.

Pigmentation

A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.

Pigmented

Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.

Pignut

See Groundnut (d). The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra syn. Carya porcina); also, the tree itself.

Pigpen

A pen, or sty, for pigs.

Pigskin

The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.

Pigsney

A word of endearment for a girl or woman.

Pigtailed

Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon.

Pigweed

A name of several annual weeds. See Goosefoot, and Lamb's-quarters.

Pigwidgeon

A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.

Pika

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 Chief hare.

Pike

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 It is now superseded by the bayonet.

Piked

Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed.

Pikeman

A soldier armed with a pike.

Pilaster

An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 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.

Pilch

A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.

Pilchard

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.

Pile

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.

Pile-worn

Having the pile worn off; threadbare.

Piled

Formed from a pile or fagot; as, piled iron.

Pileiform

Having the form of a pileus or cap; pileate.

Pilentum

An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried.

Pileorhiza

A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.

Pileous

Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.

Piler

One who places things in a pile.

Piles

The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]

Pileus

A kind of skull cap of felt.

Pilewort

A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linn/us) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.

Pilfer

To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little.

Pilfering

Thieving in a small way. Petty theft.

Pilgarlic

One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or one who is hardly used.

Pilgrim

To journey; to wander; to ramble.

Pilgrimage

The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life.

Pilgrimize

To wander as a pilgrim; to go on a pilgrimage.

Pilidium

The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops in its interior.

Piliferous

Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair.

Piligerous

Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous.

Piling

A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge.

Pill

A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.

Pillage

To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.

Pillar

Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.

Pillared

Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars.

Pillau

An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter.

Pilled

Stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald.

Piller

One who pills or plunders.

Pillion

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

To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory.

Pillory

To set in, or punish with, the pillory.

Pillow

To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.

Pillowcase

A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.

Pillowed

Provided with a pillow or pillows; having the head resting on, or as on, a pillow.

Pillworm

Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.

Pillwort

Any plant of the genus Pilularia; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass.

Pilocarpine

An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.

Pilon

A conical loaf of sugar.

Pilose

Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.

Pilosity

The quality or state of being pilose; hairiness.

Pilot

To direct the course of, as of a ship, where navigation is dangerous.

Pilot light

a small gas flame kept burning continuously on a stove, water heater, or other gas-burning device, so as to allow immediate ignition of the main flame when the gas flow is turned on.

Pilotage

The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels.

Pilpul

Among the Jews, penetrating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, esp. in Talmudic study.

Pilser

An insect that flies into a flame.

Pilular

Of or pertaining to pills; resembling a pill or pills; as, a pilular mass.

Pilulous

Like a pill; small; insignificant.

Pily

Like pile or wool.

Pimaric

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in galipot, and isomeric with abietic acid.

Pimelic

Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids. Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.

Pimelite

An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a hydrous silicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron.

Piment

Wine flavored with spice or honey. See Pigment, 3.

Pimento

Allspice; -- applied both to the tree and its fruit. See Allspice.

Pimiento

The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.; also the fruit itself. Also called pimento.

Pimola

An olive stuffed with a kind of sweet red pepper, or pimiento.

Pimp

To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander.

Pimpernel

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.

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