4 entries under this word
[Lat. pila, a ball, pilula, a little ball, a pill, Fr. pilule, Pr. pillula, It. pillola, pillora, Sp. píldora, Ger. pille.]
Sense 1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass.
Sense 2. Hence, any thing nauseous. Young.
The peel or skin. [Obs.]
Some be covered over with crusts, or pills, as the locusts. Holland.
[imp. & p. p. PILLED; p. pr. & vb. n. PILLING.] [Fr. piller, Pr. & Pg. pilhar, Sp. pillar, It. pigliare. See PEEL.] To rob; to plunder; to pillage; to peel. See PEEL.
Sense 1. To be peeled; to come off in flakes.
Sense 2. To rob. See PEEL.