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Pill \Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim.
of L. pila a ball. Cf. {Piles}.]
1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round
mass, to be swallowed whole.
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2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must
be accepted or endured. --Udall.
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{Pill beetle} (Zool.), any small beetle of the genus
{Byrrhus}, having a rounded body, with the head concealed
beneath the thorax.

{Pill bug} (Zool.), any terrestrial isopod of the genus
{Armadillo}, having the habit of rolling itself into a
ball when disturbed. Called also {pill wood louse}.
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Pill \Pill\, n. [Cf. {Peel} skin, or {Pillion}.]
The peel or skin. [Obs.] "Some be covered over with crusts,
or hard pills, as the locusts." --Holland.
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Pill \Pill\, v. i.
To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
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Pill \Pill\, v. t. [Cf. L. pilare to deprive of hair, and E.
pill, n. (above).]
1. To deprive of hair; to make bald. [Obs.]
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2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
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[Jacob] pilled white streaks . . . in the rods.
--Gen. xxx.
37.
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Pill \Pill\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pilling}.] [F. piller, L. pilare; cf. It. pigliare to take.
Cf. {Peel} to plunder.]
To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See {Peel}, to
plunder. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Pillers and robbers were come in to the field to pill
and to rob. --Sir T.
Malroy.
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