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Cofferdam :: Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc..

Compile :: Compile (v. t.) To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents..

Estacade :: Estacade (n.) A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy..

Nappy :: Nappy (a.) Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.

Demolition :: Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes..

Cord :: Cord (v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord..

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

Haystack :: Haystack (n.) A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.

Hommocky :: Hommocky (a.) Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of hommocks; -- said of ice.

Bookmaker :: Bookmaker (n.) One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler..

Pile :: 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..

Black Book :: Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III..

Teredo :: Teredo (n.) A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also shipworm. See Shipworm. See Illust. in App..

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

Author :: Author (n.) One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler..

Pile :: Pile (n.) 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..

Compilement :: Compilement (n.) Compilation.

Spile :: Spile (v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask..

Piling :: Piling (n.) A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge..

Pileus :: Pileus (n.) A kind of skull cap of felt.

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