Definition of pile

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Pile (n.) 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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Radiomicrometer :: Radiomicrometer (n.) A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature..
Pile :: Pile (v. t.) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
Estacade :: Estacade (n.) A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy..
Aeolipile :: Aeolipile (n.) Alt. of Aeolipyl.
Epileptiform :: Epileptiform (a.) Resembling epilepsy.
Pileous :: Pileous (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose..
Tap :: Tap (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet..
Ruche :: Ruche (n.) A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn..
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..
Epileptic :: Epileptic (n.) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
Stackage :: Stack (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood..
Heap :: Heap (v. t.) To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal..
Nap :: Nap (n.) The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet..
Aura :: Aura (n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics..
Hayrick :: Hayrick (n.) A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air..
Encyclopedist :: Encyclopedist (n.) The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences..
Moquette :: Moquette (n.) A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.
Fit :: Fit (n.) A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness..
Pile :: Pile (n.) A funeral pile; a pyre.
Pilose :: Pilose (a.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
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