Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PIL'LOW-ING, ppr.

Resting or laying on a pillow.

PIL'LOW-Y, a.

Like a pillow. – Southey.

PI-LOSE, or PI'LOUS, a. [L. pilosus, from pilus, hair.]

Hairy. A pilose leaf, in botany, is one covered with long distinct hairs. A pilose receptacle has hairs between the florets. – Martyn.

PI-LOS'I-TY, n. [supra.]

Hairiness. – Bacon.

PI'LOT, n. [Fr. pilote; It. Sp. and Port. piloto. The French word piloter signifies to drive in piles, as well as to pilot, and pilotage is a piling, pile-work, a foundation of piles; Arm. pilocha, to drive piles. The D. loots, G. lothse, and Dan. lods, are from lead; the pilot then is the lead-man, he that throws the lead.]

1. One who steers a ship in a dangerous navigation, or rather one whose office or occupation is to steer ships, particularly along a coast, or into and out of a harbor, bay or river, where navigation is dangerous.
2. A guide; a director of the course of another person. [In colloquial use.]

PI'LOT, v.t.

To direct the course of a ship in any place where navigation is dangerous.

PI'LOT-AGE, n.

1. The compensation made or allowed to one who directs the course of a ship.
2. The pilot's skill or knowledge of coasts, rocks, bars and channels. [Not now used.] – Ralegh.

PI'LOT-FISH, n.

A fish, a species of Gasterosteus, called also rudder-fish, of an oblong shape; so named because it often accompanies ships. – Encyc.

PI'LOT-ING, n.

The act of steering a ship.

PI'LOT-ING, ppr.

Steering; as a ship in dangerous navigation.

PI'LOT-ISM, or PI'LOT-RY, n.

Pilotage; skill in piloting. [Not used.]

PI'LOUS, a. [L. pilosus. See Pilose.]

1. Hairy; abounding with hair. – Robinson.
2. Consisting of hair.

PIL'SER, n.

The moth or fly that runs into a flame. – Ainsworth.

PIM'E-LITE, n. [Gr. πιμελη, fat, and λιθος, stone.]

A terrene substance of an apple green color, fat and unctuous to the touch, tender and not fusible by the blowpipe. It is supposed to be colored by nickel. It is a variety of steatite. – Dict. Nat. Hist. Ure.

PI'MENT, n.

Wine with a mixture of spice or honey. – Chaucer.

PI-MEN'TA, or PI-MENT'O, n. [Sp. pimienta.]

Jamaica pepper, popularly called allspice. The tree producing this spice is the Myrtus Pimenta of Linnæus, and the Eugenia Pimenta of DeCandolle. It grows spontaneously in Jamaica in great abundance. – Encyc.

PIMP, n.

A man who provides gratifications for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. – Addison.

PIMP, v.i.

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

PIM'PER-NEL, or PIM'PI-NEL, n. [L. pimpinella; Fr. pimprenelle.]

The name of several plants of different genera. The scarlet pimpernel is of the genus Anagallis, the water pimpernel of the genus Veronica, and the yellow pimpernel of the genus Lysimachi. – Lee.

PIM'PIL-LO, n.

A plant of the order Cactaceæ.

PIM-PI-NEL'LA, n.

A genus of plants, including the burnet saxifrage and the anise. – Encyc.

PIMP'ING, a.

Little; petty. – Skinner.

PIMP'ING, ppr.

Pandering; procuring lewd women for others.

PIM'PLE, n. [Sax. pinpel; probably from pin, or its root.]

A small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, not containing a fluid, nor tending to suppuration; commonly terminating in scurf. – Good.

PIM'PLED, a.

Having pimples on the skin; full of pimples.