Pile
Definition of Pile
| n. | 1. | A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet. | | 2. | (Zool.) A covering of hair or fur. | | 1. | The head of an arrow or spear. | | 1. | 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. | | 2. | (Her.) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost. | | v. t. | 1. | To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles. | | n. | 1. | A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood. | | 2. | A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot. | | 3. | A funeral pile; a pyre. | | 4. | A large building, or mass of buildings. | | 5. | (Iron Manuf.) Same as Fagot, n., 2. | | 6. | (Elec.) 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. | | 7. | The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.| Cross and pile | | See under Cross. |
| | v. t. | 1. | To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate; to amass; - often with up; as, to pile up wood. | | 2. | To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. |
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