Definition of pile

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Pile (n.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost..

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Pile :: Pile (n.) A covering of hair or fur.
Pileus :: Pileus (n.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.
Pile :: Pile (n.) A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot..
Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand..
Piled :: Piled (imp. & p. p.) of Pil.
Nog :: Nog (n.) One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
Veil :: Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
Recompilement :: Recompilement (n.) The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilement of the laws..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile..
Richweed :: Richweed (n.) An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed..
Pileate :: Pileate (a.) Alt. of Pileate.
Boletus :: Boletus (n.) A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous..
Author :: Author (n.) One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler..
Nap :: Nap (n.) Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth..
Pilement :: Pilement (n.) An accumulation; a heap.
Set :: Set (n.) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece..
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..
Piling :: Piling (n.) A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge..
Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..
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