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2[pahyl] noun, verb, piled, pil⋅ing.
–noun
1. a cylindrical or flat member of wood, steel, concrete, etc., often tapered or pointed at the lower end, hammered vertically into soil to form part of a foundation or retaining wall.
2. Heraldry. an ordinary in the form of a wedge or triangle coming from one edge of the escutcheon, from the chief unless otherwise specified.
3. Archery. the sharp head or striking end of an arrow, usually of metal and of the form of a wedge or conical nub.
–verb (used with object)
4. to furnish, strengthen, or support with piles.
5. to drive piles into.
6. in pile, Heraldry. (of a number of charges) arranged in the manner of a pile.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE pīl shaft < L pīlum javelin
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Main Entry: pile
Pronunciation: 'pI(&)l
Function: noun
1 : a single hemorrhoid
2 piles pl : HEMORRHOIDS; also : the condition of one affected with hemorrhoids
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pile (pīl)
n.
A hemorrhoid.

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